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Old 09-18-2013, 02:30 PM   #241 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JRMichler View Post
The big problem with compressed air anything is efficiency. At industrial air pressures of about 100 PSI, it takes about 4 hp of air compressor per 1 hp of air motor. At the high pressures (3000 to 5000 PSI) needed for a compressed air vehicle, the efficiency is worse.

Low efficiency = expensive to run.

We need to keep this thread going for the entertainment value.
I can only go by what they were calming, a recharge at home on a wall plug of 4 hours VS 12 hours for a electric car...

They seemed to have figured it all out.

This was NOT vaporware, there were videos of the air cars being driven in a city, not just on a test track like most experimental cars are shown...

So I believed them and have not checked up what followed...

Rich