Design student Dean Benstead has produced a bike that runs on nothing but compressed air.
He says that with further development there is a place in the future for compressed air as an economical and environmentally-friendly option.
“I wanted to explore the viability of compressed air as an alternative fuel, and my childhood experiences riding dirt bikes led me to design the motocross bike based around the Engineair engine,” says the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology Industrial student.
Powered by compressed air and developed by Toyota Motors, the picture that you are seeing is the three-wheeler Ku:Rin, which shows the expertise of the company in the manufacturing of compressors for automotive air conditioning systems. The prototype car that looks like a steam punk vehicle is entirely powered by air. On a test run in Japan Automobile Research Institute that happened on September 9, it posted a speed that intended Toyota to apply for Guinness World Record for the fastest car driven by a compressed air-engine.
In addition to making automobiles, electronic and engine components, Toyota is the world’s largest manufacturer of air-condition compressors producing more than 20 million compressors for car air conditioners. Therefore, you can easily expect something innovative like Ku:Rin from the company.
Youngsters should not be underestimated, as some kids have proved in recent times, inventing, innovating, and creating machines for a better tomorrow. Listed here are the stories of 10 cars that are run on alternative fuels, made by people who were still teenagers then.
Transport Hornet is an air-powered vehicle which ideal for short-range travel. The main idea behind this design was to find out the proper use an air-powered two-wheeler as urban transportation. This eco-friendly vehicle can be used as delivery transportation in a short-range of certain region which has lower speed and less noise as well as in the city.
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