One slight correction on this andrew. If you read the tech articles carefully, they are using compressed air, and as the pressure runs lower they are using fuel to run a heater to raise the temperature of the air to raise its compression. The performance is said to remain constant until some point. Jim > > Another disadvantage is this... as the pressure drops the car will > lose steam gradually as soon as it is used, so to speak. Unlike an > electric, which will run flat-out until the battery is almost > exhausted. > > -- > Andrew Grebneff > Dunedin, New Zealand > Fossil preparator > Mollusc, Toyota & VW van nut > Temporarily in Calgary, AB, Canada > <goose1047@gmail.com> > |
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