Zero Pollution Motors has big plans for a compressed air hybrid
car that could get better than 100 miles per gallon. A contender
for the X Prize, Zero Pollution Motors is at least winning in
the media. CNN, NBC's Today Show, Time Magazine and the
Discovery Channel have all featured the concept car, which could
be on the road in 2010. How does the "world's cleanest car" --
as the company bills its product -- work? According to the Zero
Pollution Motors Web site, the compressed air portion of the
engine -- described by CNN as roughly equivalent to a
locomotive's steam engine, but without the steam -- could run
the car at speeds under 35 mph. Above that, and the engine would
burn fuel to boost power. To learn more about the air car, check
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