Inspired by this boom, Ford Motor Company developed the Ford Nucleon, a revolutionary concept car that never reached production. Its futuristic design replaced the internal combustion engine with ...
Do you remember the car pictured? It's the concept Ford Nucleon! In the late 1950s, it would have had a small nuclear reactor and would have driven us for thousands of miles without refueling.
Even in 1958, Ford wanted an electric car. But not just a regular electric car. The Ford Nucleon would carry a small nuclear reactor and get 5,000 miles without a fillup. Of course, the car was ...
This is not the first time the power of the atom was considered for transport. The Ford Nucleon concept had a small nuclear reactor with a easily interchangeable nuclear core. The Nucleon could ...