It looks like a cross between a London Eye Pod and one of those South East Asian Putt Putts. With a 130mile range and running on compressed air it's actually one of the more practical "alternative" vehicles as an everyday commuter for those living in large cities. However, it suffers from the usual problem that no-one in their right mind would want to drive one of these through (for example) central London because they'd be afraid of getting squished by a Truck/Bendy Bus/Chelsea Tractor.

There is a reason people buy feck-off great cars (other than vanity, keeping up with the Joneses etc) and that's because the media have convinced them everyone is out to get them and they need to be in something akin to a tank to survive.

what happens when it gets hit by a real car?

does the car (and all it's contents) zoom around the street making a farting sound, just like an inflated balloon does when you let go of it's neck?

Only this time with disastrous results for anyone unlucky enough to be nearby.

And if not, does it make a vroo-vroo-vroo noise when the air runs out?

Has the feel of another Sinclair C5 to me - too small and toy like to be taken seriously.

I thought if you did the sums the energy taken to compress the air made it less efficient than a car, or even an electric car.

It also seems to be trying to get around crash test rules by declaring itself a bike or whatever they do. If you deduct the extra weight for all the safety bars, air bags stronger pillars and so on from a Polo which'll do 70mpg you'd polute a lot less anyway.

what's the carbon footprint of the compressor?

I am a scooter driver, this car looks interesting as l will be able to use it all year round, l have also read that the compressor can be linked to a micro wind turbine which means that it could be charged overnight, depending on weather conditions. as for the risk of the tank being ruptured by a stray bullet, thankfully l live in the UK and there is more chance of meeting Elvis and John Wayne,---on the same day!