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Ford reportedly working on compressed air powertrain
28th May 2008

An article on alternative fuels in the Toronto Globe & Mail reports that the MDI compressed air car being worked on by Tata Motors uses an onboard heater to expand the volume of compressed air in the car’s tank when the vehicle exceeds 35 mph; the heater would reportedly use an unspecified fossil or biofuel. The car's top speed will be about 150 km/h, and it can be driven about 1,300 km with the heater running and 60 km on compressed air alone, according to a spokesman for MDI.

The same article asserts that engineers at Ford Motor Company are collaborating with engineers at the University of California, Los Angeles, on an air-hybrid design.