Thorium-Fueled Automobile Engine Needs Refueling Once a Century

[Taco John]

Look at this effing thing... I think it's beautiful...



A work of art.


http://www.industrytap.com/thorium-f...-century/15649

[ghwk]

That is f**king cool. Outer space here we come.

[Rohirrim]

Thorium creates a radioactive gas, Radon 220, which is known to cause lung cancer, right?

[oubronco]

Those little bitty tires probably don't last too long

[Bronco Yoda]

I like the look and redundancy built into the tire 'system'.

[El Guapo]

Those little bitty tires probably don't last too long

Just like anything else, it's a concept car. Don't expect EVERY little facet to make it to production (or to make it to production at all). Most likely it's just marketing to let the world know what they're capable of.

Oh, and, 'merica.

[Fedaykin]

Very cool, and all the more reason to be putting a lot of R&D effort into EVs.

A thorium-turbine engine, which is designed to produce electricity not direct mechanical energy, is a lot closer to a drop in replacement for an EV battery than a ICE powered car.

[L.A. BRONCOS FAN]

...Needs Refueling Once a Century

Here's hoping the inventor doesn't mysteriously disappear or have an "accident."

[nyuk nyuk]

Thorium creates a radioactive gas, Radon 220, which is known to cause lung cancer, right?

Don't know but radon is everywhere, especially near and in mountain ranges.

[BroncoBuff]

Here's hoping the inventor doesn't mysteriously disappear or have an "accident."

Well, three months later and TJ's link and picture are gone.

Poof! Like they never even existed ...

[Rascal]

Links work for me

[BroncoBuff]

Aaaaand they work for me.

Now.

Seriously, they didn't work this morning.