A few positive additions
A few positive additions which may and will brighten the final conclusion.
Fact is that work goes full force to industrialise the smaller range of Tata cars as air-powered urbans.
Fact also is that MDI managed to get much more efficiency out of their air-engine than the 25-30% you mention, they've actually doubled that.
Fact is that Tata Motors are the market leader in the utmost adapted and ideal market place for this alternative fuel:
- air is cheap; forget about the cost of the industrial compressors, do you actually buy a gasoline station to fill up your car?
- the cars will be cheap, because light and fairly basic, therefore extremely well adapted to emerging economies which are growing fastest today
- air is very much present everywhere (just like hydrogen), the exhaust is clean in use (actually cleaner than the air in all city-centers!)
- it's cradle-to-cradle: energy is just used, then the "fuel" is returned to nature (as water)
- AC is free due to the low exhaust temperatures (it works, it's installed) which is an enormous plus in climates like India's.
- (this is personal) no government will be able to levy taxes on air! Nowadays we fill up our machines with 80% taxes + 20% gas!!
Never was it meant to replace conventional or alternative energies or carriers.
But a very small percentage in today's mobility market makes for quite substantial numbers.
So, my conclusion is: will be see the air-powered Tata's and MDI's? YES!
Will it sell on the world's market? YES, for reasons above.
Greetings all, LucasPB