Friday, August 15, 2014

The Car Of the Future: Nuclear

If the battery pack in the Tesla doesn't isn't hot enough for you how about a little thorium between your legs?
From The Auto Future:
Concept Technology
Move Over, Tesla – Thorium-Powered Cars Could Be The Way of the Future
Although most people aren’t yet ready to even drive an electric car, a new concept for a car powered by thorium could be the ultimate in sustainable transportation, due to the fact it would only need to be refuelled every 100 years or so. Based on those estimates, the car would be toast before the fuel was.

The concept for the thorium-powered car is introduced by Laser Power Systems, who claim to take the radioactive element and use it to generate a laser beam that in turn heats water, producing steam and powering the vehicle’s engine....MORE
Well there you go.