{"id":130,"date":"2007-02-23T23:14:51","date_gmt":"2007-02-23T22:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/?p=130"},"modified":"2007-02-23T23:14:51","modified_gmt":"2007-02-23T22:14:51","slug":"air-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/2007\/02\/23\/air-car\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Car?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/www.celsias.com\/blog\/2007\/02\/23\/air-car-tantalisingly-close\/\">Celsias<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"French language\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/French_language\">French<\/a> designer of engines for <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Formula One\" rel=\"homepage\" href=\"http:\/\/www.formula1.com\/\">Formula One<\/a> <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Auto racing\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Auto_racing\">racing cars<\/a> has turned his attention to creating an <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Engine\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Engine\">engine<\/a> that runs on, and emits, only air! By all accounts, this is no pie-in-the-sky dream invention either &#8211; as the vehicle&#8217;s release is slated for later this year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>With a top speed of 110kph (68mph) and a range of about 200kms (125miles), it looks to be an entirely useable commuter, and more. In fact, once the initial <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Model (person)\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Model_%28person%29\">model<\/a> is on the market, there are plans for a hybrid version &#8211; a <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Automobile\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Automobile\">car<\/a> that will use a small amount of fuel to generate the <a class=\"zem_slink\" title=\"Compressed air\" rel=\"wikipedia\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Compressed_air\">compressed air<\/a> required for the main engine &#8211; resulting in a 4,500km range (2,800 miles) from just one tank of fuel!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I sincerely hope this doesn&#8217;t appear, it looks horrible!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/car_mdi_air2.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"686\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/car_mdi_air2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/car_mdi_air2.jpg?fit=231%2C149&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"231,149\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Air Car 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/car_mdi_air2.jpg?fit=231%2C149&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-686\" title=\"Air Car 1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/car_mdi_air2.jpg?resize=231%2C149\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"149\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/car_mdi_air.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"685\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/car_mdi_air\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/car_mdi_air.jpg?fit=210%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"210,176\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Air Car 2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/car_mdi_air.jpg?fit=210%2C176&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-685\" title=\"Air Car 2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/car_mdi_air.jpg?resize=210%2C176\" alt=\"\" width=\"210\" height=\"176\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"zemanta-pixie\" style=\"margin-top: 10px; height: 15px;\"><a class=\"zemanta-pixie-a\" title=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" href=\"http:\/\/www.zemanta.com\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"zemanta-pixie-img\" style=\"border: none; float: right;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.zemanta.com\/zemified_e.png?w=1165\" alt=\"Enhanced by Zemanta\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Celsias: A French designer of engines for Formula One racing cars has turned his attention to creating an engine that runs on, and emits, only air! By all accounts, this is no pie-in-the-sky dream invention either &#8211; as the vehicle&#8217;s release is slated for later this year. With a top speed of 110kph (68mph) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[41,17,25,29],"tags":[84,202,321,323,627,755,1043,1045,1110,1171,1800,2018,2363,2949,3074],"class_list":["post-130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","hentry","category-formula-one","category-linkage","category-photographs","category-sport","tag-84","tag-air-car","tag-auto-racing","tag-automobile","tag-celsias","tag-compressed-air","tag-energy","tag-engine","tag-february","tag-formula-one","tag-linkage-2","tag-model","tag-photos","tag-technology","tag-transportation","post_format-post-format-image","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6OeSW-26","jetpack-related-posts":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thomasjpitts.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}