COMPRESSED AIR CAR

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18590, 28 December 1934, Page 12

COMPRESSED AIR CAR

DUTCH INVENTION

£1,500,000 SYNDICATE

' AMSTERDAM, Nov. 3. A motor suitable for omnibuses and vans, as well as for lighter cars and other machinery purposes, which requires no petrol, oil, or water is claimed to have been invented by Jan Wardenier, 22, an engineer, living in the Friesian village of Wolvega. It is stated to have won the approval of leading engineers and Government and municipal authorities. The motor is worked by compressed air. Those who have witnessed tests are so enthusiastic over its possibilities that they declare that it may revolutionise the" motor industry. It is said that the motor will only require to he thoroughly oiled every three months. Including this, however, the cost of running is expected to be not. lore than between £3 and £4 a year, even if the motor is run the whole year round.

M. Wardenier already has the financial backing of a syndicate with a capital of £1,500.000, and the local town hall has been placed at his disposal for meetings. Next year a factory which is expected to provide work for 13,000 people will be erected at Wolvega, where motors suitable for cars and omnibuses will be made. Later another factory will be erected near Amsterdam for the construction of heavy stationary motors for factories, as well as others for aeroplanes, trains, and vessels.