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CryoCar - Liquid Nitrogen Propelled Auto - Researchers at the University of Washington are developing a new zero-emission automobile propulsion concept that uses liquid nitrogen as the fuel. The principle of operation is like that of a steam engine, except there is no combustion involved.
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Electric Cars Network - Since 1996 We've been Showing You new Cars that Produce ZERO Emissions, ZERO Pollution and will Eliminate the THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS You Spend on Fuel. Electric Cars have Been Around Since the 1800's. But it has Only Been in the Past 5 Years that Major Auto Manufacturers have Made the Commitment to Phase Out the Gas Engine.
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How Hybrid Cars Work - Have you pulled your car up to the gas pump lately and been shocked by the high price of gasoline? As the pump clicked past $20 or $30, maybe you thought about trading in that SUV for something that gets better mileage. Or maybe you're worried that your car is contributing to the greenhouse effect. The auto industry now has the technology that might answer all of these needs. It's the hybrid car, and a few manufacturers are selling their versions in the United States.
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How it works - The World�s Cleanest Car. - French company Moteur Developpement International (MDI) has developed a car powered by compressed air. The air expands to push pistons and then the pistons drive a crankshaft in a way similar to the way an internal combustion engine works. The vehicle has a compressor driven from plugging into an electric socket that recharges the compressed air in 3 to 4 hours. This page web page has a picture of the 4 cylinder engine and an animated image of the engine's operation.
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Hybrid Electric Vehicles - In 20 Years Most Cars will Be Powered by Clean Electric Motors. Today, Hybrid Electric Vehicles Use an Electric Motor for Acceleration then Switch to a Gas Engine at Cruising Speeds. They Automatically Recharge Their Onboard Batteries and Get Extremely High Mileage Ratings. Electric Hybrid Cars Can Save You THOUSANDS of Dollars in Gas! We're working on Providing Information about Replacing the Gas Motor in Your Car with a Clean, Economical Electric Motor for Less Money!
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Pneumatic Options Research Library - Home of air car research since 1979. Pneumatic Options teaches the facts about the "safest, cleanest, most accessible and most economical energy medium that exists anywhere on this planet: COMPRESSED AIR."
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Skycar - Moller International has developed the first and only feasible, personally affordable, personal vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) vehicle the world has ever seen. You've always known it was just a matter of time before the world demanded some kind of flying machine which would replace the automobile.
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The MDI Air Car - a simple, light urban car, composed of a fibre-glass or hemp fibre body like other modern cars (Renault Espace amongst others), and not sheet steel like most vehicles. The chassis is tubular, as in racing car engines and motorcycles, to produce strength at a light weight. Additionally, the parts are not soldered but glued as in aerospace technology
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The MDI Air Car - the world�s cleanest car. - It�s already looking like the MDI Air Car will be one of the major technological discoveries of the new century. Inventor Guy N�gre has developed a car capable of a top speed of 110 km/h, 300 kilometres on one tank of fuel and at a cost of just a penny per kilometre. All of this at "zero pollution". In fact the car cleans the air it uses!
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Two Cylinder Air-Compression Engine - Within the next two years, you could see the first air-powered vehicle motoring through your town. Most likely, it will be the e.Volution car that is being built by Zero Pollution Motors, in Brignoles, France. The cars have generated a lot of interest in recent years, and the Mexican government has already signed a deal to buy 40,000 e.Volutions to replace gasoline- and diesel-powered taxis in the heavily polluted Mexico City.
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