Air Car By devonparker Jan 1, 1880 First air powered engine History of the Air Car Jan 1, 1886 First air powered locomotive Jan 1, 1892 A smaller, safer engine was created, the Hardie Compressed engine Jan 1, 1896 First commercially successful air-powered locomotive Jan 1, 1910 Sales of Air-powered locomotives were exceptionally high Jan 1, 1931 Gas engines had been perfected and replaced air engines Jan 2, 1932 First air car design Jan 1, 1970 Petroleum shortages resparked intrest in air engines Jan 1, 1979 Terry Miller designed and created a model for the air car and showed other people how to create it Jan 1, 1991 Guy Negre and MDI start selling more and more air cars and putting air cars ack on the map Jan 1, 2007 Tata Motors introduced the MDI CityCat developed by Guy Nègre Jan 1, 2009 Two more MDI models have been introduced Jan 1, 2010 The AirPod is introduced