Hold on... So if you take a Tesla, remove the batteries, remove the electro engine, and replace that with a trivial compressed air based pneumatic motor it would be more eco friendly, more powerful and have a higher autonomy ?
- A 2005 study demonstrated that cars running on lithium-ion batteries out-perform both compressed air and fuel cell vehicles more than threefold at the same speeds.
- A 2009 University of Berkeley Research Letter found that "Even under highly optimistic assumptions the compressed-air car is significantly less efficient than a battery electric vehicle and produces more greenhouse gas emissions than a conventional gas-powered car with a coal intensive power mix."