"We tested the car and
it ran quite well"
-Michael Baltierra, ABC News reporter
~ MDI's Compressed-Air Cars! ~
(this is a "fan" page only, this is not an official MDI site)
Above: MDI Founder Guy Negre with
MiniCAT at Paris Car Show.
NEW! Driving on
Air in Forbes Magazine profiles
Guy Negre and MDI's Air Car (May
2008)
NEW! "in May
Air France-KLM will begin a six-month trial of seven compressed-air
vehicles manufactured by..MDI" (April 2009 news)
PHOTO of March 2008
MDI Compressed Air Engine (CAE) in NY Motor Show
1) NEW: MDI Car PICTURES!
2) New images!
Charging MDI directly with
renewable
Wind/Solar/Hydro –
click here
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NEW:
The
Air Car Blows Back Into the Picture Sept '08 (NY Times)
106
mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions August 2008, CNN.
Zero-Pollution
Car Coming to U.S. possibly as early as 2010! (BusinessWeek.com)
Feb 2008
BBC article on MDI
Tata, India's Largest car-maker
invests $27 million in MDI (Feb 2007)
Are Hybrid Cars
Full Of Hot Air?
BBC Reports on MDI's Air Car (Jan 2008)
Time Magazine: MDI's Aircar is among
The Of The Year
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| Media Coverage:
| Highlights:
| MDI Sites:
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Beyond Tomorrow
8 min video
| Energy: 90m3 air @ 300 Bar
| Official MDI site: www.MDI.lu
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Riding on Air Newsweek
(scanned)
| Car Weight: 720kg
| MDI's official USA hub:
ZeroPollutionMotors.us
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France to
unveil air-powered car (BBC)
| Recharge: 3 mins @ air-station!
| ZevCat MDI for
West Coast of USA.
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TidePool.org Great Survey Article/comparisons
| Recharge: 4 hrs @ home (electric)
| MDI
on Wikipedia
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WIRED
(2003) &
CNN/Money:
Jules Verne?
| Cost: $12,000-16,000depending on model
| AirCars in general
on Wikipedia.
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2007: Major
investment in MDI
see also
here
| Urban
Range: 120mi (higher w/solar panels)
Non-urban: 50mi on air >800mi w/dual energy
| Other links will be added..
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Above specs are for CityCAT as of a few
years ago; improvements continue beyond these!
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Air released by exhaust is cleaner than ambient air (having
gone through filters) ; Max speed was 60mph ; now is: 69mph
Bi-Energy version coming soon (top speed 96mph; 848 mi range; 106
mpg equiv; .0158 lbs/mile CO2)
Car will meet full safety and insurance standards in the US
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New images!
Charging MDI directly with
renewable
Wind/Solar/Hydro –
click here
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Recent News
Move
Over Corncobs, These Guys Run on Air , Oct 2007
• Alternative
power sources: An engine that runs on air Oct 2007
• MDI's car a "Good Idea"
for Guam -- will "Politicos" Reject it?
• OneCAT models from
MDI 100km zero-pollution range in $4,000-$5,500
vehicle (added late 2007)
• New
Article & Videos
Galore at EcoGeek (May 2007)
• New
Air-Car Ready for
Mass Production Fill-up is just $2 (May 2007, Yahoo)
• On TV MDI's
in Air car featured
in 8
minute video on Indianpad.com (Posted Feb 2007)
Also posted 2006 on YouTube: "Beyond
Tomorrow" on MDI and earlier version in 18 second clip
• Jan
2005 Telegraph article
May
2003 article on ZevCAT
Air
Car USA August 2003 (3-part audio interview)
January
2004: Times Online
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French-English
forums (independent of, but about) MDI aircar
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New:
OneCAT cars
Below: the
four
models of CityCAT (Compressed Air Technology) cars:
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Cars can be recharged in ~5 hours by plugging into
regular electric outlet
or in 3 minutes using
high-pressure refilling stations pictured above
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LINKS:
Thefuture.net.nz New Zealand
site covers both MDI and decentralized energy and
communications
MotorDeAire.com Aircar
producer no longer with MDI working in Spain/Portugal and other
regions;
Disclaimers: We are not
associated with Guy Negre's MDI and have no financial stake in MDI. There is no guarantee
this technology with meet all of its expectations, nor, even if it
does, that it will be commercially successful. We have no
interest in debating nay-sayers. This site is merely to advertise
what MDI is trying to achieve, which, in our view, is
ecologically and socially very positive, exciting, and in our view, has
an excellent chance of success.
We encourage you to research MDI via the above links, and if
supported by your conclusions, to support MDI by i) investing (solely at
your own risk), ii) forwarding information to other investors, and/or
iii) sharing information with the general public.
If you are
interested in
possibly buying a car from MDI, you may, without
obligation
see ZeroPollutionMotors
-This page was set up around 2003, and updated since, by an MDI fan from
the Yahoo MDI discussion forum, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdiaircar with
advice/feedback from that group. (See also AirPoweredVehicles
group)
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independent living catalog and products since the 1990s, long before creating this Air Car portal
website (circa 2002), so we can sincerely recommend you
check them out via the above "Solarize your
home" link!
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