Now I've seen it all! A car that runs on AIR!

Why do all the environmentally friendly cars look goofy? I'd be surprised if ANYONE in America buys that car. First of all, it only goes 35 miles per hour tops - so you're likely to get flattened by a soccer mom in her SUV. Imagine driving up to the grocery store in that thing. It'd be like climbing out of a clown car.

First off i agree with it looking like Urkel's car lol (character from the tv series Family Matters - for those that don't know) It's a fantastic concept i think the savings on the monthly gas bill will balance out it's overall price in the long run... However the 35MPG thing... ehhh not so hot.. personally if i saw my own mother driving one i'd tease her endlessly! hehe... They have to work on the MPG and the mileage as well as the appearance... how safe is it? I doubt much since it's size... looks more like a pimped out gulf cart! It's a great concept with time i think it will be further developed to match at least some of the general expectations of the average consumer.

It is neat, but a bit pricey at $20,000. I doubt I would by one for that.

I saw the article this morning. Looks like the Erkel-mobile, At only 35 MPH we'd have to stay off the highways and main roads. Don't want to inspire road rage. Hopefully the speed factor will be improved. Nice step for the environment though

it is such an amazing invention. Yeah I agree with you. how come they didnt invent it earlier if its that simple? anyways, i am worried about the license to be given to drivers of this car. :P :D

A car that runs on air is a great idea. Unfortunately that one is too small and slow to be able to drive it on any road where I live. You would also probably get a ticket driving it down the bike paths. It's also a little goofy looking. If they could make a normal size, normal looking car that runs on air and goes normal highway speeds then I would definitely consider buying one.

When I was a kid I read in the comics about cars that could fly. Quite recently I read about a guy who is actually working on such a car.

I wrote about it about a year ago when I first saw it on discovery. http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/1335167.aspx It was really interesting and I would love to be able to bring those kind of cars into the local markets! Imagine having a fleet of these cars at your disposal at all the major estates for people who do not want to own cars but want the convenience? I mean, if possible, I would love to bring these cars in for the sole purpose of letting people run daily errands that do not require them to go onto the highway. Very interesting. It seems they have done quite a few upgrades since a year ago!

I live in the country and I have to take either winding roads or the highway to get places. I would piss off a whole bunch of people if I was driving around one of those things. I think I would have to pass.

I read a few months ago about buses in India that have run on compressed air since 2000. We can run cars and other vehicles on things other than gas but the oil companies will beat down every effort here. Yes, I'd buy one if it weren't so expensive. It's cute, too!

Wow, that's crazy! I'd like one! *LOL* I'm not sure if I'd buy one, though! *LOL* But I'd surely consider it! :)

Thank you for sharing that article. I certainly would buy that car. It is all I need to get me around. I only really go shopping and pick the kids up from School. ( em, would they fit?)( I would squash them in.) That is great, powered by air, WoW. Think of the cost of running it. I am sure it would not be the free type of air. I would probably have to pay tax on that. My husband would certainly not drive it. He is a crazy driver. He has to speed off and drive fast. Hes a lunatic driver. No 35mph would not be his thing. I cannot wait for the day I see this type of car where I live. Great news. A lot of women will be buying it. See how many accidents are caused by those cars. None. The only accidents caused will be the careless men ploughing into them.

I was reading that earlier... I think its amazing! On air! It's still a little hard to believe. LOL... That would be the perfect car for my teenage daughter. Next year she takes driving courses and it freaks me out a bit to know she will be behind a wheel of a car...

i have see it ,i think you will find in the futrue,it will come true.i will believe its reality,beaucuse along with science and technology thorough development, it will beproduced and this product soon will possibly meet with to ours life, will cause our life to be simple.beaucuse human's wisdom makes everything possible.even long long ago people cant believe we can go to the moon, but we have done it .so we must believe we have this capibility..........

it is very nice. if this udae can be materialized in reality, then it will be no problem to run cars. it is good invention I must say

Even if I could afford to buy one of these I wouldn't dare because the speed limit on the road I live off of is 55 mph, and most everyone goes a lot faster than this. So trying to go 35 mph on this road would be asking for trouble. When my husband got his moped style type scooter some years ago I worried about him even after he modified it to go faster. Even though it could go past the speed limit, it just wasn't enough to avoid some of those crazy drivers that wanted to push him (tailgate) to see what it could do. Now that he has a motorcycle I feel somewhat better. If he needs to he can avoid the crazies on the road. So as you can see, this is not the car for me.

I still think that they have a promising market in ethonel fuel if they would have been working on it years ago. Just in case something like this with the oil going up happened. Now like you said this car is only good for around town driving. Where you are only allowed to drive thrirty-five miles and hour. Which there is nothing wrong with that. But they should have been working on one that goes up to at least fifty-five miles per hour too. This is just the beginning of a long wait for them to get it right. It's to bad that they really don't have the kind of cars that you see in futuristic movies. That fly if they did they would be on the car lot in stead.

it looks like one of those toys you get kids to ride.. its hideous but i want to save the environment so i would do it.. but im not sure i would fit in it lol

Hi mentalward! That is really something! It is kind of funny looking! It does look like a bug! I would be afraid to get in one of them. It looks like it could be very easily squished just like a bug! I don't know how safe it is. They aren't really saying yet. I don't drive so for me it doesn't matter, but I'm not sure I would want to even be a passenger in it. But, it was sure an interesting article!

This will never get to the American market. Canada presently has the ZENN car which is electric. However it cannot be sold in Canada even though it is produced here except as an experimental model recently and its speed is limited to 25 mph by government regulation. How stupid is that restricting top speed to 25 mph. Why you ask does government not allow electric cars on the road, and would certain not allow compressed air vehicles on the road, is that they cite safety concerns, so they say they are doing it for your own good. Governments will not promote electric cars and alternative fuel cars because of two major reasons, first of which is that gasoline price is half tax. If gas was not sold they would lose all that revenue. Second, politicians get contributions from petroleum industries for their election campaigns and the petroleum industry lobbyists are well funded and active in political circles. While the idea of these electric and other vehicles is quaint, they will never be in use until there is a groundswell of support from the populace. Now that the price of gas has temporarily fallen, truck and SUV sales are starting to rise. Read about the Tata Nano a gasoline car which sells for 2500$, and their compressed air car. These will never sell here because of the reasons above. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata_Motors The technology is available, but not the political will. Americans like their powerful cars and highway speeds too much to give up now.