Automaker Plans New Car That Runs On Air

We all know that the use of oil and gas to run our cars is a luxury that the planet will soon no longer allow us to afford. In an attempt to get us off of that track there is a new york based automaker that is planning to build a new car that will run on compressed air instead of gas and will be capable of getting the equivalent of over 100 miles to the gallon. Zero Pollution Motors is the name of the company and the type of car that they have planned will look not unlike the Mini Cooper. They believe the technology will work fine for a small car but not as well for a larger sized one such as an SUV. The engine will work exactly like the steam engine of a locomotive only that instead of steam it would be compressed air that moves the pistons. They are estimating that they will have the first one built by about 2010 and that the cost wil be about $18,000. The compressed air that you will need to run the car will be free and will be pumped into the tanks by an on board compressor that will be built into the design of the car.