This is very cool: a car whose engine runs on compressed air with no emissions, high mileage, a top speed of 68 KM and a range of ten hours- suitable for urban driving. The compressed air would need to come from a station meaning infrastructure would need to be built but this infrastructure carries none of the complications you get with gas or hydrogen delivery. I would imagine each station has its own compressor so no global delivery system is required (saving huge amounts of fuel and emissions).
The car is ’smart’ in every way imaginable, runs off a keycard in your pocket and includes cost-free air conditioning because the air exiting the engine is very cold. It is built of new materials technology including a glued frame and fiberglas body.
After seeing the number of very small cars in use in Paris because of extremely limited parking options and high fuel costs, I think this car can make a real go of it. There is already serious interest in India, in part I’m guessing, because the fuel delivery system is simple.
This kind of technology that comes out of left field is one of the most exciting outcomes of rising fuel costs.