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Hold on... So if you take a Tesla, remove the batteries, remove the electro engine, and replace that with a trivial compressed air based pneumatic motor it woul
by toolslive 8y ago
Hold on... So if you take a Tesla, remove the batteries, remove the electro engine, and replace that with a trivial compressed air based pneumatic motor it would be more eco friendly, more powerful and have a higher autonomy ?
- danieltrembath 8y agoUnfortunately there are downsides, but compressed air vehicles are already a thing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed-air_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed-air_vehicle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car
- balfirevic 8y agoFrom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car#Disadvantages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compressed_air_car#Disadvantag... - A 2005 study demonstrated that cars running on lithium-ion batteries out-perform both compressed air and fuel cell vehicles more than threefold at the same speeds. - A 2009 University of Berkeley Research Letter found that "Even under highly optimistic assumptions the compressed-air car is significantly less efficient than a battery electric vehicle and produces more greenhouse gas emissions than a conventional gas-powered car with a coal intensive power mix."