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Our Kind of Guy
Engineer plans to sell compressed-air car in India within a year |
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13 Feb 2008 |
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| Posted at 4:44 PM on 13 Feb 2008 Could folks in India be driving a car that runs on compressed air within a year? French engineer Guy Negre says it will be so. Tata Motors has backed his invention: a five-seater called the OneCAT, which would produce no emissions and cost around $5,000. "The first buyers [of the car] will be people who care about the environment," says Negre, who hopes that investors arou ... |
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Tiny Tata
Tata Motors unveils world's cheapest car in India |
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10 Jan 2008 |
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| Posted at 10:16 AM on 10 Jan 2008 Photo: TaTa Motors The world's cheapest car was unveiled in India today by Tata Motors, which hopes that its new $2,500 subcompact will help make car ownership a reality for tens of millions of people. The Tata Nano gets respectable gas mileage, up to 58.8 miles per gallon, and meets India's emissions standards, but its introduction was met by protests from greens fearful that more-accessible autos will ... |
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