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Shankapotomus

(4,840 posts)
Sun Jul 1, 2012, 02:10 PM Jul 2012

MDI's compressed air engine technology tested on Tata Motors vehicles [View all]

From Tata's website:

In January 2007, Tata Motors and Motor Development International (Luxembourg) signed a licence agreement that enables Tata Motors to produce and sell compressed air cars using MDI technology in India. The agreement covered two phases of activity encompassing the technology transfer and proof of the technical concept in the first phase, and in the second phase completing detailed development of the compressed air engine into specific vehicle and stationary applications.

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From AOL AutoBlog:

Tata Motors, the company responsible for the world's cheapest car (and the owner of Jaguar Land Rover, as an aside), is developing a car that runs on compressed air. Imagine that.

Tata owns the licence to develop a compressed air engine created by Motor Development International (MDI), a company formed in 1991 in Luxembourg.

The MDI engine has been in development for years, and...

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