How come the United States has not allowed the production of Air Cars.?

Question

This car runs on compressed air. No gas , no oil , No water, Just compressed air. Go to web site www.aircar.com How do I get this car made here so I can get one. Get's hundreds of miles to a fill up of compressed air.

Answer 1

They're not prohibited.  Go for it.

New cars need to pass safety standards, but you're absolutely allowed to fit a different powertrain onto an existing car. Everything is readily available.  Compressors are not a problem.  You can get 10,000 PSI tanks meant for hydrogen.  Motors - air starters for large engines. So do it, and drive it around and show your neighbors and get it on the news and loan it to the press for a week so they can try it out.

Otherwise, you're just talk.

Answer 2

Not as good as it sounds.

Answer 3

Darling, besides one of the giants in the car manufacturing industry, the sale of gasoline to run the cars!!! Billions of dollars in profit.

To change the cars to run on solar or on air.....what will the oil industry giants do??? Many fund congress in your country!!

Answer 4

go ahead and produce one.

Compressed air is a very poor method of energy storage.

You'll need a couple of 50 gallon 3000 psi air tanks to go 10 miles at 60 mph.

Answer 5

Corporate greed in America stiffles creativity and innovation.

Tata Motors of India is producing a car the runs on compressed air using the MDI engine.

Answer 6

Your mileage claims are quite inflated.  They are also not much more than a golf cart.  If auto legislation here starts to lean toward city cars and highway cars maybe you will see more of them.

Answer 7

I doubt that there is any law prohibiting the production of these cars.  My concern is that it would not be able to perform the same way as a gas or electric car, and I imagine the process of compressing and releasing the air is not very efficient -- a lot of energy is probably wasted along the way.

Also, your url leads to a site for air cargo carriers.

Answer 8

what do you do with an aircar when you run out of fuel on an interstate?

Answer 9

They are extremely light weight and the word on the street is that they would not stand up to our levels of collision testing.

Answer 10

It's all about the big oil companies and money!

I tell you what, I would buy a brand new 2008 Airpowered Minivan size car for $12,000. Not only that, it goes 68 MPH and can go something like 125 miles before you need $2.00 worth of air to fill the tank again.

Free air if you fill up at home but it takes 4hrs.

They say the cars would never make it here.. THE REASON:

They claim that the cars would be unsafe and would not pass US safety tests'  Again... It's all about big oil companies running our country and we have our hands tied! I only wish we had a poor or middle class president that could understand the needs of the American People. I am a devoted Republican and voted for Bush twice. I regret I did now due to the situation in Iraq and the outrages fuel prices.

Wish we had a non-oil or none wealthy president who had a better understanding of the needs of the AMERICAN people.

Just my view. From a person who was a democrat turned republican and now thinking of being an independant.

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Answer 11

The United States does not allow or prohibit the production of air cars.  This is a private business and you are free to produce one as long as you do not violate anybody elses patents.  If, however, you want to produce a patented product you will need to get a license from the patent owner.  He may not choose to grant you this license and then, if you choose to make it anyway, the government will stop you and fine you as well.

Answer 12

Compressing air is energy intensive.  On submarines we have to keep large air banks compressed to high pressure.  And it takes lots of electricity to maintain that.  Not to mention the cooling that is required (compressed air is very hot intially).  And it takes ALOT of air to do work.  I think that $2 worth of air comment is total BS.  Not to mention the size of the air bank.

And if you've ever been around a high pressure air line that ruptures, you'll know why you wouldn't want this vehicle.