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Batteries boosted in Michigan
Courtesy mrdavisdc
Michigan, home to the headquarters of GM, Ford, Chrysler, and numerous automotive suppliers, has passed a bill that provides $335 million in refundable tax credits to encourage companies to develop and build batteries in Michigan for hybrid and electric vehicles.
Car Magazine online has photos and info about an electric Mini Cooper.
Mini will produce 500 electric Minis as part of its radical ‘Project i’ programme initiated to rethink low-emissions urban mobility (see the forthcoming November 2008 issue of CAR Magazine for full details on this innovative project, out on Wednesday 24 September 2008).
Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM) promises an "Air Car" by late 2009
A vehicle that runs on Compressed Air Technology (C.a.t.) developed by Motor Development International (MDI), is being brought to the United States by Zero Pollution Motors (ZPM). With a delivery date around the end of 2009, the Air Car will go 90 mph, carry six people, recharge from an outlet or compressed air tank, and cost around $17,000. This You Tube video gives an introduction to the Air Car.
Although the Air Car has been featured in the media many times, I somehow missed it until today.
- The Air Car won one of Time Magazine’s “Best Inventions of the Year” for 2007.
- Tata Group, India's largest auto maker, has licensed compressed air technology from MDI.
- Air Car inventor, Guy Negre. was interviewed in this Discovery Channel video which features the Air Car.
Learn more about the Air Car at the Zero Pollution Motors website.
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