In January, an old “stinker” caused a stir: This old slingshot is supposed to measure the air in Stuttgart?

There it stands, this magnificent specimen from another century. In eye-catching orange, with special structures on the roof. His license plate shows he is registered in Stuttgart.

Its inscription on the roof says it is an “air measurement vehicle”. The internet says: That can't be it! Of all things, this old “slingshot” is supposed to be an air measuring vehicle? Yes, this irony brings a slight smile to your face:

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It is actually the case that this car is in Stuttgart. It is standing at Marienplatz, where this picture was taken.

How do we know this? Quite simply, this car is not unknown!

This vehicle was actually used by the city of Stuttgart for air measurements, but in the period from 1982 to mid-2004. The urban climatology department used the air measurement vehicle to record the air situation and meteorological parameters.

On the website www.stadtklima-stuttgart.de you can find out:

[…] it served to supplement the stationary measuring network and was mainly used for level measurements and road measurements. Samples (1/2 hour) were taken at different times of the day and year.

You can also find a photo of the old vehicle on this website.

And now?

The car then came back into the press because it was still active. However, it was no longer used by the city, but by the University of Stuttgart. On March 21, 2017, the car was discussed by BILD ( see here ). In this article Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Vogt, Head of the Clean Air Department (RdL), Institute for Combustion and Power Plant Technology (IFK) at the University of Stuttgart, said:

“The vehicle used to belong to the city and is at least 20 years old. The car is equipped with air measuring devices and will remain at Marienplatz until the end of 2018.”

And now it gets interesting: Dear Stuttgarters, off to Marienplatz. We arrived in 2019, is the car still there? ?

By the way…

According to the Tagesschau's fact finder colleagues, the car is not even a diesel ( see here ).

The air measurement vehicle is not a diesel at all, but a gasoline engine with a G-cat.

Article image: Art Konovalov / Shutterstock.com


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