http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/29/air-taxi/ Small products, small living, the smallest stuff in the world. Wed, 01 Oct 2008 00:15:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/29/air-taxi/#comment-536 David Mitchell Tue, 29 May 2007 18:54:50 +0000 http://www.smallist.com/2007/05/29/air-taxi/#comment-536 The MDI has an aluminum engine that runs cool enough to touch while running. It is quite noisy compared to internal combustion engines. Compressed air (in carbon fiber tanks, which tear instead of explode, as would metal tanks) becomes colder as pressure is released; air conditioning is available as a by-product. One hundred miles is rather limited but MDI has a hybrid charging system in prototype that uses a small engine to continually recharge the air tanks as the car travels. In this case the range is 4000 km. The MDI has an aluminum engine that runs cool enough to touch while running. It is quite noisy compared to internal combustion engines. Compressed air (in carbon fiber tanks, which tear instead of explode, as would metal tanks) becomes colder as pressure is released; air conditioning is available as a by-product.
One hundred miles is rather limited but MDI has a hybrid charging system in prototype that uses a small engine to continually recharge the air tanks as the car travels. In this case the range is 4000 km.

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