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	<title>Comments on: AIRPod car finally put to the test</title>
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		<title>By: Sav</title>
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		<dc:creator>Sav</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 20:42:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I agree about the many delays and many false hope predictions about &quot;in the next 24 months..&quot; However, regarding,

&quot;Unfortunately, in the one and only published test of the range of an MDI air car, it ran out of air after only 7.22km !!!!&quot;

That is not an honest representation..they used a not-yet-ready model and they proved that this not yet ready model could go about 7km...but, they had a engineering firm audit their results and they calculated how much farther it could go when they had money to implement their own designs. For example, the much less heavy and more capacity air tanks, means being able to go much farther, but they couldn&#039;t afford the final design purchase for those air tanks,yet. That was one of about 5 different things that lowered the range on the early model they used.

It is debatable how much farther than 7km they could go with all the technologies finally in place, whether it&#039;s 50km or 100km or 100 miles or more..and with the big money infusion from Tata we will not need to wait many more years before finally finding out. What is not debatable is that it can go much, much farther than 7km...the only question is how much farther. 100km is entirely possible, perhaps more. As I said we&#039;ll find out in not too long..</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I agree about the many delays and many false hope predictions about &#8220;in the next 24 months..&#8221; However, regarding,</p>
<p>&#8220;Unfortunately, in the one and only published test of the range of an MDI air car, it ran out of air after only 7.22km !!!!&#8221;</p>
<p>That is not an honest representation..they used a not-yet-ready model and they proved that this not yet ready model could go about 7km&#8230;but, they had a engineering firm audit their results and they calculated how much farther it could go when they had money to implement their own designs. For example, the much less heavy and more capacity air tanks, means being able to go much farther, but they couldn&#8217;t afford the final design purchase for those air tanks,yet. That was one of about 5 different things that lowered the range on the early model they used.</p>
<p>It is debatable how much farther than 7km they could go with all the technologies finally in place, whether it&#8217;s 50km or 100km or 100 miles or more..and with the big money infusion from Tata we will not need to wait many more years before finally finding out. What is not debatable is that it can go much, much farther than 7km&#8230;the only question is how much farther. 100km is entirely possible, perhaps more. As I said we&#8217;ll find out in not too long..</p>
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		<title>By: Charlie</title>
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		<dc:creator>Charlie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Jul 2009 21:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The HUGE unknown with the AirPod is its range.

MDI has made many claims over the past 10 years of announcing almost every year that they will go into production with a car in the next 12-24 months.

The usual claim for these yet to be delivered models was that the range was around 200km.  

Unfortunately, in the one and only published test of the range of an MDI air car, it ran out of air after only 7.22km !!!!!

Last December, the AirPod also ran out of air while giving a demo ride to a journalist.

Lots and lots of claims.  Great sales of distributorships and franchises.  Very little in the way of proven performance and no sign of any willingness to show the ACTUAL performance of their vehicles.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The HUGE unknown with the AirPod is its range.</p>
<p>MDI has made many claims over the past 10 years of announcing almost every year that they will go into production with a car in the next 12-24 months.</p>
<p>The usual claim for these yet to be delivered models was that the range was around 200km.  </p>
<p>Unfortunately, in the one and only published test of the range of an MDI air car, it ran out of air after only 7.22km !!!!!</p>
<p>Last December, the AirPod also ran out of air while giving a demo ride to a journalist.</p>
<p>Lots and lots of claims.  Great sales of distributorships and franchises.  Very little in the way of proven performance and no sign of any willingness to show the ACTUAL performance of their vehicles.</p>
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