Motor Development International SA (MDI) is a Luxembourg-French based company designing products in both mobility and energy storage using a compressed air engine.
Established by Guy Nègre, the Luxembourg company MDI, with its administrative and production departments based in Carros in southeastern France, has developed an environmentally friendly car engine that uses compressed air to push the pistons of the engine and move the car.[citation needed]
Company history
2009-2011: According to MDI, were some fabrication and distribution licenses signed with companies in various countries including France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy,[1] New Zealand, Israel and South Africa.[citation needed] Zero Pollution Motors would like to make MDI vehicles in the United States.[2] MDI Andina S.A wanted to sell the car in Colombia, Peru, Ecuador and Panama.[citation needed] The last one was CATECAR S.A in Switzerland which was about to start the first assembly line in the Bernese Jura, but the project is on hold (as so many others before) due to legal problems with MDI.[3] Catecar purchased rights to produce and market MDI vehicles in Switzerland but MDI failed to produce the required technology.[4] Catecar has now abandoned compressed air and has built prototype EVs.
MDI had also reached an agreement with Tata Motors, which were to produce and sell OneCAT cars in India. Tata Motors announced in May 2012 they had assessed the design passing phase 1, the "proof of the technical concept" towards full production for the Indian market. Tata has moved onto phase 2, "completing detailed development of the compressed air engine into specific vehicle and stationary applications".[5][6][7]
2012: After five years of testing and validation of the concept, MDI-designed engines were said to have been successfully integrated into Tata vehicles, and the air-powered "MiniCat" was promised to be on sale in India before the end of 2012.[8] This was disputed in 2016 by MDI's CEO, Cyril Nègre, who said, "We never said that there will be any MiniCats in India. The deal we have is that Tata Motors has bought the exclusive licence of our Indian technology. But they’re going to produce their own car, not MDI cars — their own cars using our engines.”[9]
2016: Guy Nègre passes away on June 24, 2016.[10] MDI was one of eight finalists in the competition for a grant from the United Nations' Powering The Future We Want program, but ultimately lost to SINTEF.[11]
2017: In February 2017 Dr. Tim Leverton, president and head at Advanced and Product Engineering at Tata revealed that it had completed the first phase of its project and the second stage was started a few years earlier. Tata was at a point of "starting industrialisation" with the first vehicles to be available by 2020.[12] Other reports indicate Tata is also looking at reviving plans for a compressed air version of the Tata Nano,[13] which had previously been under consideration as part of their collaboration with MDI.[14]
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^Stevens, Mike (28 February 2012). "Tata Mini CAT Air-powered Car On Sale From Mid-2012". The Motor Report. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^"Driving On Air: How The Airpod Will Change Transportation And Carry A Father's Legacy". Retrieved 2016-07-15.
^"MDI SA - Ecologie, économie : l'air vous transporte". MDI SA - Ecologie, économie : l'air vous transporte. Retrieved 2016-07-15.
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^"Tata Motors' air-powered car project still on, to be launch ready in 3 years". Auto Car Professional. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
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Official website
May 06, 2023
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Motor Development International SA MDI is a Luxembourg French based company designing products in both mobility and energy storage using a compressed air engine Motor Development InternationalTypePrivate S A IndustryAutomobile industryGenreCar manufacturerFoundedLuxembourgFounderGuy NegreHeadquartersLuxembourg LuxembourgKey peopleGuy Negre Cyril NegreProductsCompressed air carWebsitehttp mdi lu Contents 1 Development history 2 Company history 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksDevelopment history EditEstablished by Guy Negre the Luxembourg company MDI with its administrative and production departments based in Carros in southeastern France has developed an environmentally friendly car engine that uses compressed air to push the pistons of the engine and move the car citation needed Company history Edit2009 2011 According to MDI were some fabrication and distribution licenses signed with companies in various countries including France Germany Spain Portugal Italy 1 New Zealand Israel and South Africa citation needed Zero Pollution Motors would like to make MDI vehicles in the United States 2 MDI Andina S A wanted to sell the car in Colombia Peru Ecuador and Panama citation needed The last one was CATECAR S A in Switzerland which was about to start the first assembly line in the Bernese Jura but the project is on hold as so many others before due to legal problems with MDI 3 Catecar purchased rights to produce and market MDI vehicles in Switzerland but MDI failed to produce the required technology 4 Catecar has now abandoned compressed air and has built prototype EVs MDI had also reached an agreement with Tata Motors which were to produce and sell OneCAT cars in India Tata Motors announced in May 2012 they had assessed the design passing phase 1 the proof of the technical concept towards full production for the Indian market Tata has moved onto phase 2 completing detailed development of the compressed air engine into specific vehicle and stationary applications 5 6 7 2012 After five years of testing and validation of the concept MDI designed engines were said to have been successfully integrated into Tata vehicles and the air powered MiniCat was promised to be on sale in India before the end of 2012 8 This was disputed in 2016 by MDI s CEO Cyril Negre who said We never said that there will be any MiniCats in India The deal we have is that Tata Motors has bought the exclusive licence of our Indian technology But they re going to produce their own car not MDI cars their own cars using our engines 9 2016 Guy Negre passes away on June 24 2016 10 MDI was one of eight finalists in the competition for a grant from the United Nations Powering The Future We Want program but ultimately lost to SINTEF 11 2017 In February 2017 Dr Tim Leverton president and head at Advanced and Product Engineering at Tata revealed that it had completed the first phase of its project and the second stage was started a few years earlier Tata was at a point of starting industrialisation with the first vehicles to be available by 2020 12 Other reports indicate Tata is also looking at reviving plans for a compressed air version of the Tata Nano 13 which had previously been under consideration as part of their collaboration with MDI 14 See also EditCompressed air car Air engine Fireless locomotiveReferences Edit Ci siamo arriva l auto ad aria 7000 euro e 100 km con 1 euro Repubblica it 2012 06 07 Retrieved 2012 06 07 Zero Pollution Motors Air Car Zeropollutionmotors us Retrieved 2009 10 22 Catecar SA AIRPod announcement Retrieved 2010 10 28 Spectrum IEEE Compressed Air Car Proponents Losing Faith Green Car Reports Retrieved 6 December 2018 Tata Motors enters second phase of air car development newatlas com 8 May 2012 Retrieved 6 December 2018 Tata Motors Media Press Releases Archived from the original on 2013 05 09 Retrieved 2013 04 22 Media Centre The agreement between Tata Motors and MDI envisages Tata s supporting further development and refinement of the technology and its application and licensing for India Tata Motors Archived from the original on 2011 09 29 Retrieved 2011 07 27 Stevens Mike 28 February 2012 Tata Mini CAT Air powered Car On Sale From Mid 2012 The Motor Report Retrieved 6 December 2018 Driving On Air How The Airpod Will Change Transportation And Carry A Father s Legacy Retrieved 2016 07 15 MDI SA Ecologie economie l air vous transporte MDI SA Ecologie economie l air vous transporte Retrieved 2016 07 15 Powering The Future We Want 2016 Recipients United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs Retrieved 2017 08 08 Tata Motors air powered car project still on to be launch ready in 3 years Auto Car Professional Retrieved 24 August 2017 Tata Nano could spawn electric hybrid amp air powered variants Report Indian Autos Blog Jan 25 2017 Retrieved 23 August 2017 Nano was to run on air battery but Ratan Tata couldn t implement plans Hindustan Times Oct 28 2016 Retrieved 23 August 2017 External links 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