Air power alone! Toyota new car runs 130km/h

With energy shortages and rising oil prices, if new energy cannot effectively replace gasoline, then even if oil has not been depleted after decades, we fear that we cannot afford gold-like expensive gasoline. The new energy that is being fired the most is nothing more than solar energy. However, in addition to solar cars, there is another type of car that is also quite environmentally friendly. It is an aerodynamic vehicle that uses compressed gas as a prime mover.

Toyota is the world's largest manufacturer of automotive air-conditioning compressors, producing 2 million compressors for automotive air-conditioning each year. The engineers in the dream car workshop have been studying how to apply compressed air to cars. Just earlier this month, Toyota's Ku:Rin Aerodynamic Vehicle ran out of a 129.2km/h high speed in one test, and Toyota may also apply for Guinness Records for Ku:Rin.

Ku: Rin is a three-wheeled aerodynamic vehicle with only one driver's seat. This week, Toyota played Ku:Rin's introductory video in a factory in Aichi Prefecture, and people who watched the video call it a "pencil rocket" or "environmental tricycle." Some people think that this car is actually not useless, because the principle of the aerodynamic car is to connect the engine to the power supply, and then compress the air and store it in the cylinder. When it is running, it releases air slowly to drive the car. The stage of the aerodynamic vehicle performance in the mileage is not enough outstanding. Take Ku: Rin for example, if it does not supplement the gas in the cylinder, it only has a driving range of only 3.2 kilometers.

There are still many companies that are currently working on aerodynamic vehicles, but they are still in the research phase. An engineer in the dream car workshop said: In fact, they do not want to market Ku:Rin, but just want to use their own technology to design a unique car. However, Toyota announced that it will continue to study how to increase the mileage of aerodynamic vehicles. (text / shell network)