Per Tunestal, Combustion Engines at Lund University in Sweden researcher, is working on air hybrids cars that he claims are cheaper to manufacture. He states, “The technology is fully realistic. I was recently contacted by a vehicle manufacturer in India which wanted to start making air hybrids."The concept is to store energy from braking and vibration into compressed gas to use later. For stop and go operation, short drives, and acceleration the compressed gas in used to start the inertia on the wheels, where a lot of gasoline/electricity is used. The claims are only from simulations and not actual world tests. Which makes this press release seem like a way to generate funding. Nevertheless, they want to take the concept further. Let's wish them well.
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