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Company Profile: Zero Pollution Motors



Company Mission Statement: "To bring zero pollution motoring at any speed, for any distance, to the largest number of motorists possible and, in doing so, significantly improve the quality of the air we breathe and reduce our collective carbon footprint."

Zero Pollution Motors is set to come out with a vehicle in late 2009 that will get over 1,000 miles per fill-up! It runs off of the combined propulsion of compressed air, that is pressurized and heated further by a fuel (gasoline, propane, ethanol, bio-fuels, perhaps even natual gas). Hopefully, hydrogen will be added as an optional fuel source. The ZPMs with it's 8 gallon fuel tank and its 4,500 psi compressed air tanks combined, currently will achieve 848 miles per fill-up, and has a top speed of 96 MPH! Other models run completely on compressed air, and have built-in air compressors and plug-in outlets. The compressed air only cars in and of themselves don't emit pollutants-- hence the name "Zero Pollution Motors." It is in this case, the communities and the utility companies that bear the challenges for building green power plants, so that no one will leave even an indirect carbon footprint. The dual propulsion ZPM vehicles (compressed air and fuel) do emit pollution. However, the amount of pollution and energy consumption is very small. For example, a 2007 Toyota Prius emits .34 lbs. of CO2 per mile. The ZPM vehicles will emit only .141 lbs. of C02 per mile-- that is twice as less than the Prius, and four times less than most automobiles! The vehicles will come fully loaded at around $18,000.00 USD, and will be shipped directly from the factory to one's home. Any maintenance and repair will be conducted at an authorized local repair facility. And models will come in different configurations, from sedans, to convertibles, from station-wagons to hatch-backs, and from pick-ups to mini-vans. ZPM is a product of the merged efforts of the MDI Corporation of France and of Tata Motors of India. One can visit the company website at, http://zeropollutionmotors.us/



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Permalink Reply by Shannon Lacey on July 31, 2008 at 4:27pm
Marlene H,

Well, the factories would be here in the US and that would mean US jobs. Investors would have the ability to purchase shares and rights for building factories, thus making profits and putting a good portion of the revenues back into the US economy-- while saving tax payers money on fuel costs.
Permalink Reply by Jim Martin on July 30, 2008 at 2:39pm
Compressed air is an efficient form of energy storage. Unfortunately, the volume and mass of the storage system and engine are a problem for significant quantities of energy. Adding dual-fuel capability helps to get around the limited range.

Another form of storage for cars is a pair of counter-rotating flywheels in a vacuum chamber, with electro-magnetic transfer of energy into and out of the flywheel. A battery also works, as in plug-in hybrids.

With compressed air or other storage, the real issue is where the energy comes from to compress the air. Wind and solar are renewable sources of electricity. The Solar Windmill is a new invention that uses both.
Permalink Reply by Richard Carrier on July 30, 2008 at 7:14pm
Could use a windmill direct drive compressor to bulid up the pressure.

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Permalink Reply by Shannon Lacey on July 31, 2008 at 2:56pm
Dear Richard Carrier,

You mean a wind mill at the house?
Permalink Reply by Shannon Lacey on July 31, 2008 at 3:04pm
Dear Jim Martin,

ZPM uses the carbon fiber technology that has been around in the Formula One and NASCAR racing circuits. ZPM uses the strong and lightweight carbon fiber material in the construction of their air tanks, which can hold a breath-taking 4,500 psi. I'm sure the built-in air compressor and alternator that powers it is also heavy duty. I've seen programs on TV, where the owner of ZPM's parent company MDI talked about how he redesigned the leveraging capability of the piston strokes, thus increasing performance (not sure on all the details on that).

And you are right, with with the dual-fuel, efficiency is increased. I'm not sure what kind of batteries are used, or if ZPM will go with the electric hybrid, lithium-ion concept like Toyota has done or not? But such would be sure to drive up production costs, and would make for the consumers an $18,000 vehhicle turn into a $25,000 vehicle.
Permalink Reply by Phil McQuillan on July 30, 2008 at 6:28pm
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Permalink Reply by Shannon Lacey on August 1, 2008 at 9:31am
Pat Jack,

They even have convertibles! ;)
Permalink Reply by out-of-time on August 1, 2008 at 4:51pm
really sure sounded like your were talking about him to me, but if you also think compressing air is efficient than you just dont understand the physics of compression.
and you were probably sent by him to post your comment.
show me an efficient compressor and i will show you cold fusion.
even if you found one that was 50% efficient that would still waste more energy than a normal ICE thats in our cars right now. only problem is your not going to find one that does high compression thats is atleast 15% efficient.

i have asked him to provide proof of his claims but keeps side stepping the issue

sell your crap somewhere else shannon
Permalink Reply by DubleDeuce on August 2, 2008 at 3:36am
ZPM? Hmmmm. Shouldn't this be posted on the Alternative Software blog? First, there was CPM, then a whole host of other software operating styles YEP! there WAS a ZPM once. And LOOK, it has morphed into a car. Radical DUDE.

This Phttt! Phttt! of a car (Phittt is the sound of the balloon exhausting air while the car scoots along) is dearly loved in India.

But HERE is the long and short of it. The AMOUNT of energy needed to stuff air molecules into a tank to the tune of 4500 psi is ENORMOUS in relation to the amount of energy you would get out. JUST the loss of energy due to compression (4500psi equated to some 9,000 degrees) temperature rise) heat dissipating through the tank walls is extraordinary.

We have been talking about the shortcomings of energy density as it pertains to gaseous fuels like natural gas and energy carriers like hydrogen and now we get to entertain the evolutionary child of the first French aircraft, the hot air balloon.

TELL US THE EQUIVALENT ENERGY CONSUMPTION TO COMPRESS AIR TO 4500 PSI AND PROPEL YOUR CRAFT 1 MILE.

ALL of the energy (minus the energy lost from heat of compression) in compressed air is a function of the transfer of electrical energy to mechanical energy to compressed energy. There are frictional and thermal losses all along the way, to say nothing of the inefficiency of compressed air as an energy carrier. At least Hydrogen has a significant energy yield-back when it is reunited with its long lost oxygen friend. (the breaking and making of the chemical bond of hydrogen and oxygen, through combustion, is quite dramatic) But there is NO such chemical reaction happening here. This is a pure transfer of energy from an electrical line (the grid, the MOST inefficient method of transferring energy from one place to another) to a mechanical devise and onto the holding tank.

Now! this is not to say that the car ain't got no home. It COULD have...maybe in a coal mine where an explosion proof propulsion system is highly sought after. (they could burn the coal to make electricity to run the compressor to squeeze the air that goes into the car that Shannon built. OR!
Maybe it could be used in a third world country coal-to-gasification plant where the safety monitors are not as strict. This little "Phitt" of a car could scoot unscathed through dangerous levels of methane gas without a concern for an explosion.

Maybe as a wind up first car for my son heading off to high school, but that is as far as the market will bear, IMHO.

looking for investors, starting at $5,000.00 USD per....slice>>>

5,000 per slice huh. Damn! That's enough to break me from eating pie.
Permalink Reply by Geoffrey Gunning on August 22, 2008 at 12:46pm
To Double Deuce:

1) "4500psi equated to some 9,000 degrees." What does that mean???

2) The efficiency of a compressed air engine taken from energy IN required for compression, to energy OUT at the compressed air engine is less than 10%, as far as I know . A lot worse than the internal combustion engine's 20-25%, but of course this ignores all the costs of producing gasoline from crude & transporting it. We could also include the costs of fighting long wars in Iraq (twice), in which case everything changes.

However .... .. despite the very low efficiency of the compressed air engine, the claims by MDI/ZPM are $3 of electricity to give a range of about 120 miles - which is extraordinarily cheap. I have always had doubts about this very low cost - it just doesn't make sense. Furthermore, a compressor that produces air at 4,500 psi is not a trivial piece of machinery and I cannot understand how they can have one on-board without a vast weight penalty.

If the $3 per 120 miles is indeed correct, it implies that our electricity is being sold very, very cheaply compared with the price of gasoline.

I see a lot of advantages in compressed air vehicles: almost zero maintenance, longevity, odorless, potentially low price, no pollution at point-of-use. There are some disadvantages: how do you heat the cabin in winter? need supplemental electrical source for heat, lights, instruments, radio/CD, etc. An A/C unit can work of the air expansion cooling effect while the engine is running, but what happens when you are stuck in a traffic jam in summer? The only answer would be to leave the engine running, thus reducing range. No good anywhere near Los Angeles!

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