At the heart of the 2010 MDI AIRPod is a piston engine that runs on compressed air. ———- The MDI AIRPod air car can motor along at 30 mph, fueled entirely by compressed air. ———- The engine is “fueled” by a system of high-pressure air tanks constructed of lightweight carbon-fiber that, when the first production models are built by year's end, will operate at substantially less than the 10,000-psi rating of hydrogen tanks used in fuel-cell vehicles. Green Car Advisor's Nick Kurczewski flew to Nice, France, recently to discover if Luxembourg-based Motor Development International might be developing a zero-emissions car capable of changing the world as we know it. You'll no doubt recall the First Ride piece Nick did for us last December, when he was the first North American journalist to be treated to a ride in one of the low-speed city cars. Now we're glad to report that Nick got a chance to actually road test the bubblelike vehicle ,
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Edmunds Exclusive Test Drive: MDI’s 2010 AIRPod Car Not Just a Lot of Hot Air
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