"We tested the car and it ran quite well"
-Michael Baltierra, ABC News reporter

A more economical alternative to electric cars? ☀ ~ MDI's Compressed-Air Cars! ~ ☀
(not an official MDI site; this is a "fan" page only)

Above: MDI Founder Guy Negre with
MiniCAT at Paris Car Show.

Soon? Update on collaboration with Tata Motors of India, one of the world's leading car manufacturers.

May 2012: Second Update..Major Tata News: With 5 years past, many of us started to wonder whether the partnership between MDI and Tata Motors (a multi-billion, & 18th largest car company in the world) would amount to anything. May 2012 Update: Tata now states Phase I ("proof of technical concept") has been succesfully completed, and Phase II "working together to complete detailed development..and technical processes to industrialise a market ready product" has now started → See Tata's Press Release ←

2012 Update: New Pictures!: Click here to see Latest Version of MDI's AirPod!

News Feed: December 2011: The MiniCAT — The Car of the Future..? (PlanetSave.com) "Verdict" of the first North American journalist to drive MDI car: While improvements for a quieter and longer-range ride should be made, "he also stated that the car is very much for real and that eco-minded car enthusiasts should retain hope that air power can gain a foothold in the automotive world." (July 2009) And: Driving on Air in Forbes Magazine profiles Guy Negre and MDI's Air Car (May 2008)

December 2010: CNN Video: The Car That Runs on Air (AirPods)

PHOTO of March 2008 MDI Compressed Air Engine (CAE) in NY Motor Show → NEW: MDI Car PHOTOS! New images Part 2: Charging MDI directly with renewable Wind/Solar/Hydro – click here

★ More News: ★ The Air Car Blows Back Into the Picture Sept '08 (NY Times) 106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions August 2008, CNN. Zero-Pollution Car Coming to U.S. possibly by 2010! (BusinessWeek.com) Feb 2008 BBC article on MDI Tata, India's Largest car-maker invests $27 million in MDI (Feb 2007) Are Hybrid Cars Full Of Hot Air? BBC Reports on MDI's Air Car (Jan 2008) Time Magazine: MDI's Aircar is among The Best Inventions Of The Year

Media Coverage:	Highlights:	MDI Sites:
Beyond Tomorrow 8 min video	Energy: 90m3 air @ 300 Bar	Official MDI site: www.MDI.lu
Riding on Air Newsweek (scanned)	Car Weight: 720kg	MDI's official USA hub: ZeroPollutionMotors.us
France to unveil air-powered car (BBC)	Recharge: 3 mins @ air-station!	ZevCat MDI for West Coast of USA.
TidePool.org Great Survey Article/comparisons	Recharge: 4 hrs @ home (electric)	MDI on Wikipedia
WIRED (2003) & CNN/Money: Jules Verne?	Cost: $12,000-16,000depending on model	AirCars in general on Wikipedia.
Major investment in MDI see also here	Urban Range: 120mi (higher w/solar panels) Non-urban: 50mi on air >800mi w/dual energy	Other links will be added..
Above specs are for CityCAT as of a few years ago; improvements continue beyond these!
Air released by exhaust is cleaner than ambient air (having gone through filters) ; Max speed was 60mph ; now is: 69mph Bi-Energy version coming soon (top speed 96mph; 848 mi range; 106 mpg equiv; .0158 lbs/mile CO2) Car will meet full safety and insurance standards in the US

Images: Renewable-Energy Chargers for AirCars! Charging MDI directly with renewable Wind/Solar/Hydro – click here

More Media Coverage   Move Over Corncobs, These Guys Run on Air New York Times, Oct 2007 • Alternative power sources: An engine that runs on air Oct 2007 • MDI's car a "Good Idea" for Guam -- will "Politicos" Reject it? • OneCAT models from MDI 100km zero-pollution range in $4,000-$5,500 vehicle (added late 2007) • New Article & Videos Galore at EcoGeek (May 2007) • New Air-Car Ready for Mass Production Fill-up is just $2 (May 2007, Yahoo) • On TV MDI's in Air car featured in 8 minute video on Indianpad.com ('07)   Also posted on YouTube: "Beyond Tomorrow" on MDI Earlier version in 18 second clip And: • Jan 2005 Telegraph article

Archive of Some Old Links! Airing Out His Vision for Future of Driving May 2003 (Calif. Bay Area, first US factory?) (ZevCat) Guardian July 10 03 brief survey of many technologies including MDI. May 2003 article on ZevCAT Air Car USA August 2003 (3-part audio interview) January 2004: Times Online

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Below: the four models of CityCAT (Compressed Air Technology) cars:

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Cars can be recharged in ~5 hours by plugging into regular electric outlet or in 3 minutes using high-pressure refilling stations pictured above

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Important Links Related to MDI: • ZeroPollutionMotors.us Official U.S. Rep. for MDI Thefuture.net.nz New Zealand site covers both MDI and decentralized energy and communications

Other Technologies Still think Hydrogen is the answer? Read: Keeping Hydrogen in Perspective and Is Hydrogen Suystainable? Unlike hydrogen and hybrids, pure electric vehicles like Electrovaya's Maya 100 all-electric car, do, like MDI's aircar, have very strong potential for the future (in our opinion..) See also EVworld.com and evuk. Some day: How about a system combining compressed-air energy storage with battery storage?

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Disclaimers: We are not associated with Guy Negre's MDI and have no financial stake in MDI. There is no guarantee this technology with meet all of its expectations, nor, even if it does, that it will be commercially successful. We have no interest in debating nay-sayers. This site is merely to advertise what MDI is trying to achieve, which, in our view, is ecologically and socially very positive, exciting, and in our view, has an excellent chance of success. We encourage you to research MDI via the above links, and if supported by your conclusions, to support MDI by i) investing (solely at your own risk), ii) forwarding information to other investors, and/or iii) sharing information with the general public. If you are interested in possibly buying a car from MDI, you may, without obligation see ZeroPollutionMotors

-This page was set up around 2003, and updated since, by an MDI fan from the Yahoo MDI discussion forum, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mdiaircar with advice/feedback from that group. (See also AirPoweredVehicles group)

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