The Atomic Automobile

[Evan G]

Nothing like great gas mileage, sort of????

by Alan Bellows on August 27th, 2006 at 10:52 pm

Intro:

During the 1950s, much of the world was quivering with anticipation over the exciting prospects of nuclear power. Atomic energy promised to churn out clean, safe electricity that would be "too cheap to meter." It seemed that there was no energy problem too large or too small for the mighty atom to tackle during the glorious and modern Atomic Age.

It was during this honeymoon with nuclear energy– in 1957– that the Ford Motor Company unveiled the most ambitious project in their history: a concept vehicle which had a sleek futuristic look, emitted no harmful vapors, and offered incredible fuel mileage far beyond that of the most efficient cars ever built. This automobile-of-the-future was called the Ford Nucleon, named for it's highly unique design feature… a pint-size atomic fission reactor in the trunk.

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[graveleye]

so you get rear-ended and start a mini China Syndrome right?

[erebus]

Only one was ever built: