Tata Motors has confirmed it hopes to find a way to manufacture a vehicle that would run on compressed air.

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In a statement released in February, Tata Motors and the French group MDI announced plans to investigate the application in India of MDI’s technology for engines powered by air.


The agreement between the two firms envisages Tata’s supporting further development and refinement of the technology, and its application and licensing for India.


In an interview with the Financial Times, Ravi Kant, Tata Motors’ managing director, said: “It’s a very exciting concept, this way of running a car. We hope something will come out of it.”


Tata was looking at applying the technology for both mobile and stationary uses, he said. There was no date set for when such a car would be launched.


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