tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post2179167661685226844..comments2023-08-08T04:28:02.506-05:00Comments on Compressed Air Powered Vehicles...: The EXTERNAL Combustion Engine!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-56879113751883286822008-12-11T05:34:00.000-06:002008-12-11T05:34:00.000-06:00When I viewed how Guy Negre's engine worked in ani...When I viewed how Guy Negre's engine worked in animation, I already noticed the heater coil connected to the intake manifold. I was immediately amazed! It all made a lot of sense! Heat expands the air, letting more pressure into the cylinder. The result? More power! Great design!<br><br>Although I wouldn't really use the term "combustion". The heat produced is more likely electrical rather than from any combustion process.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-3180539244858637892008-12-11T07:59:00.000-06:002008-12-11T07:59:00.000-06:00Better read the MDI website: http://www.mdi.lu/eng...Better read the MDI website: http://www.mdi.lu/english/produits.php<br><br>"In the case of dual-energy engines, an energetic adjuvant (petrol, diesel, oil, alcohol or gas) is burned in an external continuous combustion chamber."<br><br>FlowAir = dual-energy engines. Now it really makes sense why they chose this design for high speed vehicles... excellent energy return on minimal heat input.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-43705741120376148642008-12-27T19:40:00.000-06:002008-12-27T19:40:00.000-06:00Does MDI have any working models yet?Has any auto ...Does MDI have any working models yet?<br><br>Has any auto magazine ever been able to test any of the MDI prototypes to independently verify their operating range?<br><br>MDI is great at press releases, but not so good at actually delivering what they claim. <br><br>Virtually every year since 2000 they have announced production staring in 12-24 months, yet we are all still waiting for even one car to be built and sold! <br><br>No explanations of what happened to the e.Volution car. No explanations of what happened to the Eolo car. No explanations of why they repeatedly take in additonal investor money and never deliver.<br><br>Maybe this time will be different, but I'm not holding my breath.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-81544360950368064712008-12-27T19:46:00.000-06:002008-12-27T19:46:00.000-06:00Review these Google results and they tell us why a...Review these Google results and they tell us why any of MDI's claims should be believed.<br><br>http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=MDI+car+production+Negre&btnG=Search+Archives&ned=us<br><br>What is amazing is that bloggers and journalists ignore history. We should learn WHY all of those promises weren't kept and try to avoid repeating that same problem.<br><br>On the other hand, perhaps the problem is that MDI is not a car manufacturer. Their business model is to make money by selling licenses and franchises. In that business model good press is important, actually delivering a working product is secondary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-29583941704722400292008-12-28T17:49:00.000-06:002008-12-28T17:49:00.000-06:00Another anonymous comment... how very interesting....Another anonymous comment... how very interesting...<br><br>I would imagine that even a simple comment would at the very least deserve the courtesy of a pseudonym, or maybe even a valid Blogger ID.<br><br>I will leave these comments here for now, but unfortunately all further comments will have to be moderated.<br><br>Please attach a valid ID or email address to have new comments posted.<br><br>Thanks; gnomædhAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-88040581091344993052009-01-01T19:19:00.000-06:002009-01-01T19:19:00.000-06:00Do you have any substantive response to the questi...Do you have any substantive response to the questions?<br><br>For example, MDI says they made a pilot production lot of 11 CityCat 1 vehicles. What is the actual, tested autonomous range of those vehicles?<br><br>Have they ever let an independent tester, such as an automagazine road test one of this pilot production run. A very basic check of performance, such as maximum speed, noise levels, operating range, etc ???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-70450958673410019162009-01-01T19:42:00.000-06:002009-01-01T19:42:00.000-06:00DO you have any substantive response to the questi...DO you have any substantive response to the questions raised above?<br><br>MDI says they have built a pilot production run of 11 CityCat 1 vehicles. Have these been tested?<br><br>If they have been tested, what is the operating range?<br><br>Has any independent person, such as a reporter for an auto magazine been allowed to road test one of the pilot production run? Have they been allowed to do the normal, simple road tests such as general observations on noise, acceleration, suspension; and quantitative tests such as maximum speed and operating range? <br><br>If MDI has not let their pilot production run be observed and tested, why??? Is it a case where the actual performance is very much less than the claims?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-19093897161555859362009-01-03T00:10:00.000-06:002009-01-03T00:10:00.000-06:00That's a valid question, Charlie. I really don't h...That's a valid question, Charlie. I really don't have a good solid answer for you, but please remember... <br><br>The reason that I started this little blog in the first place was to make people aware that there are many potential technologies to replace the internal combustion engine, but most of them are ridiculed, squashed, bought-out by big competing industries, or blocked by government agencies. The GM EV1 is a prime example of this ("Who Killed the Electric Car") and so is the ZENN low-speed electric car built in Quebec, Canada: http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/10/26/electriccar-zenn.html <br><br>I guess the best that we can do is wait for the Auto Xprize run in the spring of 2009 to see efficiency related test data on the MDI dual-energy engine. <br><br>On that note, good luck to all Xprize competitors and may the best CONCEPTS (*plural) replace the standard petrol engine, ASAP!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318252334879518163.post-79274798171920479122009-01-04T21:11:00.000-06:002009-01-04T21:11:00.000-06:00If your goal is to make people aware of potential ...If your goal is to make people aware of potential technolgies, independent of whether or not that company is an investment scam, then another company you should be making people aware of is "Magnetic Air Car, Inc" of San Jose, Calif, USA.<br><br>The performance of their car is even most astounding and revolutionary than the MDI air car performance claims. Once the tanks of the Magnetic Air Car are charged, you nver have to recharge them as the car will do that itself while driving. http://cleantechnica.com/2008/09/29/magnetic-air-car-could-be-ready-by-2010/<br><br>http://magneticaircars.com/index.html<br>"What we are building is similar to an electric car but with compressed air tanks instead of expensive rechargeable batteries that can only provide short driving distances. We believe our engineers have developed a solution for manufacturing air while the vehicle is in motion which may provide an unlimited driving range"<br><br>and <br><br>"Eastwood: How are you able to keep the air car’s tanks filled?<br><br>Parks: Our air tank system design supplies air pressure to our patent pending cold air bearing turbocharger and Air Cycle Machine™. We do not care about air flow since our motor creates enough pressure to drive any load. "<br><br>---------------------<br><br>Like, MDI, the claims of Magnetic Air Cars have not been independently verified.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com