This is the world’s first commercial compressed air-powered vehicle that rolling towards the production line. It was developed by ex-Formula One engineer Guy Nègre, will be built by India’s largest automaker, Tata Motors. Refueling is simple, will only take a few minutes, and costs approximately two dollars.

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The Air Car uses compressed air to push its engine’s pistons. It is anticipated that approximately 6000 Air Cars will be cruising the streets of India by 2008. If the manufacturers have no surprises up their exhaust pipes the car will be practical and reasonably priced. The CityCat model will clock out at 68 mph with a driving range of 125 miles.

The compressed air technology is basically just a way of storing electrical energy without the need for costly, heavy, and occasionally toxic batteries. So, in a sense, this is an electric car. It just doesn’t have an electric motor.