NICE, France, Oct 29, 2006 -- UPI

 

A father and son in France are working on a car that runs on compressed air.

Guy Negre, who has designed aircraft engines and a Formula One race car, has been working on the idea for years. He and his son, Cyril, told CBS News that the car would be non-polluting and extremely cheap to operate, with a cost of about $2 for every 120 miles.

"This is not a toy car," Cyril said. "It's a real car. The other thing is it's a very zero emission car. You won't pollute, there won't be emission and the thing also, you have a very economical car."

The Negres say that after years of setbacks they are close to being able to mass-produce the car at their plant in Nice.

"When you compress the air in the tank, inside of the tank, this is like compressing a spring, and then the tank gives you back the energy of the air when it expands," Cyril said.

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