The Airpod would run on compressed air which is stored in the vehicle with high levels of psi. Therefore it would take an additional air compressor to take air from its surroundings and would therefore be completely unpracticle. The environment itself would have no effect whatsoever on the running of the vehicle as it is powered internally.

Hopefully this is of some help. More information can be found at the official Airpod website if needs be.

As Vicki mentioned, unfortunately I am not the famous Golfer.

Greg

Thanks for your comment. I am afraid Greg is out of the office at the moment and I do not know much about the AirPod to be honest. But those are both very good questions.

I will have a look into this for you and see if I can find out the answers.

Vicki

P.S. Our Greg Norman is not the famous golfer.

This sounds like a great invention. However will this run in a carbon rich environment?

My worry is that global warming will play a major part in its introduction into the mainstream and to sustain itself as a major form of transport in the future.

If it runs on fresh air why does it need to be recharged? can it not just suck in the air from its surroundings?

PS you are not the golfer Greg Norman are you?

Regards,
Dave

Thanks for your comment.

I agree that when it comes to the future of air powered cars there always seems to be more speculation than revelation.

However, the below comment, taken from thefuture.net claims that production may well be starting sooner rather than later.

“Licences for 57 plants (with a staff of 60 people each) have been sold worldwide. Production will start in the first trimester of 2010, says Guy Nègre. Gradually, first one a day, then one an hour, until reaching cruising speed of 3 an hour.

It is been confirmed that deliveries will start in first Trimester of 2010 by Guy Nègre in an interview (in French) with Nice-Matin: January or February, March at the latest to take a little margin. The first mother moulds have arrived and will be used from November on.”

Again, there are still many who will doubt these claims but we can just keep our fingers crossed this time.

Greg

Back in 2000 is was a full sized van that they claimed could get 200km range. Never went into production.

Then it was a smaller version in 2004, that was supposed to go on sale in 2005. Never happened.

The the MiniCat was supposed to be in productin in 2008. Guess what? Never went into production.

So far the only public test of performance had their car running out of air after only 7.22km back in 2003. Now it appears that the current generation of AirPod can go 20 to 30 km (at an unspecified speed, but probably very slow).

So far MDI has never delivered any vehicles. They might some day, but so far they have been very consistent in making wild claims of great performance, and then failing to deliver.