Group: sci.energy
From: Eeyore
Date: Saturday, February 16, 2008 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Indian company to release 120mpg , $5,000 compressed air car



BobG wrote:

> Takes 4 hours to fill the tanks. I'll assume compressor uses 240V and
> 20A or for 4 hrs... about 20KWhrs... that costs about $3 in
> Florida. Go find out how many miles it will run on air only... I
> predict .25KWhr per mile like ANY OTHER small car... electric, gas,
> rubber band, etc. 80 miles per charge. No better than any other small
> car so far. Just a lot of 'hot air'. (HaHa... great joke huh? Made
> that one up)

Because of the inherent inefficiencies of energy storage using compressed
air, this car will go fewer miles per kWh than an equivalent EV.

Graham