Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) confirmed on Thursday 21 Feb, 2008 that it expects to produce the world’s first air-powered car for the United States by late 2009 or early 2010. As the U.S. licensee for Luxembourg-based MDI, which developed the Air Car as a compression-based alternative to the internal combustion engine, ZPM has attained rights to build the first of several modular plants, which are likely to begin manufacturing in the Northeast and grow for regional production around the country, at a clip of up to 10,000 Air Cars per year.
And while ZPM is also licensed to build MDI’s two-seater OneCAT economy model (the one headed for India) and three-seat MiniCAT (like a SmartForTwo without the gas), the New Paltz, N.Y., startup is aiming bigger: Company officials want to make the first air-powered car to hit U.S. roads a $17,800, 75-hp equivalent, six-seat modified version of MDI’s CityCAT (pictured above) that, thanks to an even more radical engine, is said to travel as far as 1000 miles at up to 96 mph with each tiny fill-up.
Source: http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4251491.html?series=19
February 23, 2008 at 5:12 am
Excellent car, the price also reasonable, can we consider about this one when we back??
February 23, 2008 at 5:38 am
Of course not, because the car is target to US market only from 2009 to 2010. However, if can go to live and work in US then we can buy it.
February 25, 2008 at 6:41 am
Why is this expected in Asian countries. In India by 2012 atleast….
July 3, 2009 at 11:48 am
That was a nice read