I disagree. They have different qualities that make each one quite good. Ford uses a similar technology in heavy trucks. They use a spring instead of compressed air.
I used to play paintball and the high pressure tanks on the fancy markers were called nitrogen tanks, they were simply charged with a high output, multi stage air compressor. Interesting using air as the spring. It is compressed with a hydraulic pump that then uses it's pressure to charge the air tank to around 3600psi. Brilliant, should last forever with near zero drag on the driveline and the possibility of retrofitting the technology to vehicles currently made without a whole new design. Mike Mike On Mar 4, 2013 11:22 AM, "Dieselhead" <126die...@gmail.com> wrote: > Leave it to pew-go to go a different route! Sounds like this might be the > betamax. (whereas pre-eye are the VHS) > > > A new, experimental car made by PSA Peugeot Citroën in France is said >> to get 81 miles per gallon in city driving, far better gas mileage >> than hybrid electric vehicles like the Toyota Prius. >> >> Called the Hybrid Air, the car uses what Peugeot calls "hybrid air >> technology." Energy from braking is used to compress nitrogen gas in a >> tank, which is then used to briefly power the car on acceleration >> before the gasoline motor takes over. >> >> Peugeot seems to be the leading automaker in making this technology >> available and affordable -- it plans to begin selling the car for less >> than ¤20,000, or $26,000. >> >> Peugeot is banking on the car to increase profits, as the company >> reported a 2012 net loss of ¤5 billion, but critics are uncertain >> whether the car can compete with Toyota's hybrid vehicles (David >> Jolly, New York Times, March 1). >> > > ______________________________**_________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives > http://www.okiebenz.com/**archive/<http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/> > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/**mailman/listinfo/mercedes_**okiebenz.com<http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com> > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
