India's Tata Motors was said to be collaborating with Air engine developer Guy Nègre of MDI to produce the vehicle.

MDI also plans to design a gas station compressor, which would fill the tanks in three minutes.

[4] Meanwhile, all links, articles and archives relative to MDI have disappeared from Tata's website.

In February 2012, Tata released information that their compressed-air vehicle would debut in August 2012.

[5] In February 2017, news report about the TaTa 'AirPod' claimed it will be in production in 2020,[6] but as of April 2020[update] it isn't.