Compressed air cars less efficient than electric cars

comments from our community

• 
  Posted by juice Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:43am PST

  That maybe true it may be not as efficient, but consider that you can go to any gas station and use the air compressor for 50 cents and be on your way in 5 minutes. On the other hand, the cost of batteries and the charge time really hurts electric cars. Just imagine driving from Los Angeles to Las Vegas in an electric car. What ones was a 3 hour drive, now becomes an over night event because you to charge over night. Hahaha .. instead of Bellagio you end up in Whiskey Pete's in Barstow

  Report Abuse
• 
  Posted by Nick Tue Nov 24, 2009 12:01pm PST

  Why assume that the technologies to make air compression are not evolving like everything else? New methods are being developed daily. This naysayer negative type of article does nothing to look at advances that are happening. How about combinations of hydraulics and air? Hybrids with ultracapacitors and sterling engines? How about an in-depth article that shows some work.

  Report Abuse
• 
  Posted by Nick Mon Nov 30, 2009 9:22am PST

  Yes we need to rethink and reinvent how we produce power to begin with-and yes nuclear may be a big part of that not -only greenies don't want to deal with the waste problem-however new stuff is coming along daily-get out of the old ways of thinking. How about more wave power-how about taking all the energy in vehicles that are coming down a bridge and need to slow down anyway and putting something in the road that captures that braking energy- trains must create huge amounts of energy slowing down-can that go back into the grid. Think out of the box instead of being stuck inside it!

  Report Abuse
• 
  Posted by Garrat Wed Dec 16, 2009 2:27pm PST

  what about the guy in Austrailia who has a rotary engine?

  Report Abuse