Japanese firm invents working water-powered car
This is probably the beginning of the end for gas-powered cars. A Japanese company called Genepax, dedicated to finding ways to turn water into power, has unveiled what it calls the first practical car to run solely on water. The firm claims putting just one litre of water is enough to keep the car going for 60 minutes at a respectable speed of 50 mph. And the water can be sourced from taps, rain or rivers.
The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water to top up from time to time, so there will be no gas stations on the roads of the future.
According to the company, the water gets poured into a tank at the back of the car and uses a generator to break it down and convert it to electrical power. Genepax can’t say yet when these cars will hit showrooms. They’ve just applied for a patent on the system. But they’re in talks with Japanese automakers about the idea. Hopefully big oil companies won’t sabotage such technology in their bid to maintain their killer profits.