12-03-08 The Zero-Pollution MDI Air Car, invented in France and licensed by Tata Motors in India, is headed for American shores.
Zero Pollution Motors has announced it will begin taking reservations for the first US deliveries in the next couple of months.

But it will be 2010 before Americans get their first taste of the ingenious compressed-air motor, which runs to 56 kph entirely on air, or uses a trickle of petrol to heat and compress more air to reach higher speeds up to 145 kph.
It'll cost next to nothing to run, have 30,000-km service intervals, a range of up to 1,600 km, and will retail for well under $ 20,000.

Initial US deliveries for a 6-seater, 4-door, 75 hp, dual-energy MDI Air Car are anticipated for 2010.
The air car has also been one of the first entries in the multi-million dollar Automotive XPrize competition, which aims to reward innovators and inspire a new generation of super-efficient, 160 kph+ vehicles that use no fossil fuels.