MIDI have now signed a contract with Tata in India and I understand are available now. A person tried to import one of these but the Australian government would not allow it…wonder why?
Tata Air Car Powered Entirely by
Compressed Air. Blow Me Down!
Tata Motors, once derided as the company with a name that sounds like it ought to be spread on a Fillet-o-Fish, has been making some serious forward movement in the past year or two. Now, hot on the heels of its recent acquisition of Land Rover and Jaguar, and news of the impending assault on the European market with the Tata Nano, the Indian company is set to release a car powered entirely by air. But is it all hot air? (You see what I did there.) Turns out it’s very much a legitimate prospect. Sure, it looks bloody ordinary, but let’s look beyond the styling for the moment. The MiniCAT (Compressed Air Technology), invented by French madman and ex-F1 engineer Guy Negre and his company Motor Development International (MDI), is a lightweight fibreglass urban car built around a tubular chassis which is glued together rather than welded. More importantly than that, and as you’ve no doubt gathered, it’s powered entirely by compressed air.
