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There have been several attempts to interview and have a declaration from the Eolo Italia president, but up to now no one has been successful. |
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==2007: a new beginning== |
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On [[february 5]], [[2007]], this statement appeared on [[Tata Motors]] website:<blockquote> |
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''Tata Motors, in keeping with its role as the leading company in India for automotive R&D, has signed an agreement, in yet another exciting engineering and development effort, with MDI of France for application in India of MDI’s path-breaking technology for engines powered by air. The MDI Group is headed by Mr. Guy Negre, who founded the company in the 1990s in pursuit of his dream to pioneer an engine using just compressed air as fuel – which may be the ultimate environment-friendly engine yet... ([http://www.tatamotors.com/our_world/press_releases.php?ID=281&action=Pull read more]) |
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Tata Motors sets to release its [[air car]] in the indian market by the end of [[2007]]. |
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== See also == |
== See also == |
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Revision as of 14:05, 28 October 2007
Eolo is the first Compressed Air Car invented by Guy Nègre and built by MDI which has licensed the patent for the construction to Eolo International (In Italy to Eolo Italia). It was unveiled during the 2001 Bologna Motorshow car and bike fair.
How It Works
It utilises air expansion as an energy source by releasing compressed air out of tanks with extreme cold internal temperature and high pressure, about 300 Bar. The resulting air expansion is used to move a piston or turbine attached to a transmission.
The Eolo car is loaded via electricity in 6 Hrs; The car needs the electricity to re-fill the air compressed tanks.
Facts
- It has been calculated that it can reach 100 km/h (60 Mg/h) with 0,77 euro-cent (1 USD)
- 200 km (125 Miles) with a charge.
- It has actually an exhaust tube from which only cold air (-20 Celsius) comes out.
Specialities
It has the most peculiar speciality to be totally and completely a zero-emissions vehicle. The only problem is the recharging, but if the energy is produced via renewable resources such as wind, geothermal power or solar power, the emission is definitely zero.
Problems
Production should have begun in 2003 in Broni (Italy), but for unspecified problems MDI company had not been able to build it or sell it in the Italian-European Market. The 90 employees who were supposed to begin production are currently under the "cassa integrazione" law (a special Italian law which provides, through state benefits, the payroll to the employees who are, for special reasons due to the employers, unable to perform their jobs).
Though the prototype was a complete success (the engine was even sold as a power generator with 0 emissions) the selling of this car is said to be artificially postponed or cancelled due to undeclared reasons.
There have been several attempts to interview and have a declaration from the Eolo Italia president, but up to now no one has been successful.
2007: a new beginning
On february 5, 2007, this statement appeared on Tata Motors website:
Tata Motors, in keeping with its role as the leading company in India for automotive R&D, has signed an agreement, in yet another exciting engineering and development effort, with MDI of France for application in India of MDI’s path-breaking technology for engines powered by air. The MDI Group is headed by Mr. Guy Negre, who founded the company in the 1990s in pursuit of his dream to pioneer an engine using just compressed air as fuel – which may be the ultimate environment-friendly engine yet... (read more)
Tata Motors sets to release its air car in the indian market by the end of 2007.
See also
External links
- Eolo Car Information (Espagnol)
- MDI (Français)
- Eolo's Problems (Italiano)