If you’re comfortable with explosive flammable liquid you can be comfortable with air. At least in a crash you don’t have to worry about a single spark roasting anyone in the car alive.
MelonCollie on January 24, 2013 at 9:18 AM

That’s another good point: Obviously having a pressurized cylinder running the length of the car will ADD a new hazard to driving. But high voltage batteries MULTIPLY the existing danger.

The good news is that compressed air can release energy a lot faster. But that’s also the bad news. I’m not real comfortable with having a 3000-psi cylinder running between the seats.

logis on January 24, 2013 at 5:42 AM

If you’re comfortable with explosive flammable liquid you can be comfortable with air. At least in a crash you don’t have to worry about a single spark roasting anyone in the car alive.

The ‘Air’ component of that POS is you pushing the #*cker to a gas station…

BigWyo on January 23, 2013 at 10:39 PM

Lol, another winner!

I’d rather see a car that runs on stupid.

It’d be the only energy problem modern liberalism can solve.

mintycrys on January 23, 2013 at 10:25 PM

Crackin’ me up!

Turns out there’s almost never a child in the road; it’s just a bunch of retards who were startled by the sudden appearance of asphalt.

logis on January 24, 2013 at 5:32 AM

Around here it’s usually a cop, on the other side of the road, stopped, outside his car, giving a ticket to someone (“Oooh, I better slow down or that cop over there will get me”).

Remember when high speed flywheels spinning in a vacuum were going to solve all our transportation problems?

Oldnuke on January 23, 2013 at 11:35 PM

And energy. Search for Beacon Power which was another BO green company that failed.

Whenever I see those HECs on the road, four words pop up in my mind..

Fuel efficient death traps!

It is a better system than any electric hybrid car.
Slowburn on January 24, 2013 at 1:30 AM

Hybrid electric cars will remain a stupid idea until somebody comes up with a battery that can charge and discharge a LOT faster than current ones. For now, it’s like having a heavy, inefficient, ridiculously expensive and practically useless supercharger.

The good news is that compressed air can release energy a lot faster. But that’s also the bad news. I’m not real comfortable with having a 3000-psi cylinder running between the seats.

Whether it is using this process, or some other, someone is going to figure out how to save and reuse the energy wasted from braking. Frankly, I’m surprised it hasn’t happened already.
besser tot als rot on January 23, 2013 at 11:44 PM

Yeah, it’s called: “don’t drive like a moron.”

Unfortunately, that technology is a pretty well-kept secret. I constantly see the freeway ahead of me lit up like a Christmas tree. Turns out there’s almost never a child in the road; it’s just a bunch of retards who were startled by the sudden appearance of asphalt.