Compressed Air Motorcycle Engine Announced Hot

Toronto-based green energy technology company, W2Energy, announced Thursday its creation of a revolutionary motorcycle engine endorsed by Mother Nature herself.  Zero-emission motorcycles powered by electric engines are becoming increasingly popular as advancements in technology yield bikes with power that rivals their exhaust-breathing counterparts.  This new engine, however, is not emission-free, but the only thing that it puts into the air is… more air.   

W2Energy’s compressed air-powered rotary engine is a scaled-down version of their steam-powered SteamRay engine, which is used for generating electricity on a large-scale.  The company produced this engine specifically for use in a line of motorcycles under development by a major, high-end motorcycle and chopper manufacturer. 

Riders of these air-powered bikes will still have to fill up the gas tank at the pump, but they will be pumping air instead of unleaded and the pump will be as nearby as their own garage.  The design of the fuel tank is a little different from those on conventional engine-equipped motorcycles (think SCUBA diving).  If the gas gauge gets to E on the road, riders will simply swap out the empty tank for a full one stowed in a saddle bag. 

On top of keeping your chrome carbon-free, exhaustless SteamRay engines do not release carbon into the atmosphere or require hydrocarbon-based fuel.  Plus, riders of motorcycles with compressed-air engines spend even less on each fill up than they did with their gasoline-powered ones. 

Mike McLaren, president and CEO of W2Energy, believes the benefits of their high-efficiency and practically pollution-less bike engines will make these motorcycles very popular. 

“These vehicles will be quiet, incredibly fast, and very powerful.  I look forward to driving one myself.”

-Tim Moore