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Japanese Invent Car That Runs on Water
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by Barry Artiste | June 14, 2008 at 05:38 am
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I am sort of leery about this, but posted it anyways, currently I am trying to find a video on this. If true, this would turn the Car makers on their ear.
TOKYO -- Tired of gasoline prices rising daily at the pump? A Japanese company has invented an electric-powered, and environmentally friendly, car that it says runs solely on water.
Genepax unveiled the car in the western city of Osaka on Thursday, saying that a liter (2.1 pints) of any kind of water -- rain, river or sea -- was all you needed to get the engine going for about an hour at a speed of 80 km (50 miles).
"The car will continue to run as long as you have a bottle of water to top up from time to time," Genepax CEO Kiyoshi Hirasawa told local broadcaster TV Tokyo.
"It does not require you to build up an infrastructure to recharge your batteries, which is usually the case for most electric cars," he added.
Once the water is poured into the tank at the back of the car, the a generator breaks it down and uses it to create electrical power, TV Tokyo said.
Whether the car makes it into showrooms remains to be seen. Genepax said it had just applied for a patent and is hoping to collaborate with Japanese auto manufacturers in the future.
Most big automakers, meanwhile, are working on fuel-cell cars that run on hydrogen and emit -- not consume -- water.
© Thomson Reuters 2008
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at 07:46 on June 14th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff. Though I am a little skeptical about this as well.
at 07:49 on June 14th, 2008
Thanks for the Comment Rpshen, me too, but the Financial Post wrote about it, and they normally do not write fluff, time will tell I suppose. I loved your story on Chemical in Products and am amazed no one is GS a story that affects everyone. Must be Cartoons on TV or something taking away from your vital story.
at 08:38 on June 14th, 2008
Stay skeptical.
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at 08:55 on June 14th, 2008
The water-fueled car meme has surged back with a vengeance following the recent fuel-price hikes. Several sites purport to sell kits for such engines, but none commit to actually selling a working product; that way, they can blame user error when it fails.
at 10:14 on June 14th, 2008
Thanks for the comments Jordan, I remember matchbook covers had similar inventions advertising stating to the gullible that You too can run your car on water or some such idiotic device that said send $1.00 for plans to convert your car to run on water. Some say a Dollar is just a dollar, for these scam artists one dollar times a million is not pocket change,.
at 08:57 on June 14th, 2008
skeptical perhaps. but i did manage to find video of this water-car.
at 10:15 on June 14th, 2008
Barry Artiste, I like this story. It's good stuff.
I don't think a video will prove anything. I would like to see details of how the "engine" splits water into "H2" and "O" and then burns the two elements for a net gain in power. I am not sure but I think the amount of energy required to liberate the elements from their bonds would be greater than the amount produced in combusion. Anyone with more than 1st year university Chem care to comment?
at 10:11 on June 14th, 2008
Thanks Rpshen for the video, and as to EastVan thanks for the comments, as I too don't believe it, but for the National post to cover it, hopefully further investigation may uncover the truth,
at 10:31 on June 14th, 2008
For me, the newsworthiness is not just in the claim itself, but in how fervently we want to believe. A few orders of magnitude from "X-Ray Specs" in the back pages of those comic books, but the same species of desire.
at 15:03 on June 14th, 2008
And those HE-MAN Muscle Beach Ads.
at 15:12 on June 14th, 2008
Trust me if they do get cars to run on water, to be sure our Government would find a way to make it that special 3.99 bottled water a gallon variety.
at 18:09 on June 14th, 2008
Its worth looking into. I thought it was www.water4gas but it is something different
at 18:05 on June 14th, 2008
If I remember correctly this process was perfected by that same guy who is still keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar.
at 21:23 on June 14th, 2008
Highlarious, thanks Mikasi
at 20:25 on June 14th, 2008
With water shortages such as they are do we really want everyone cruising around on Aquafina?
at 21:24 on June 14th, 2008
Thakns everyone for your comments
at 22:57 on November 12th, 2008
I heard from somewhere that this invention was bought from the Philippines. But this is a cost-friendly invention. It will definitely be included in the devices that improve fuel economy. It will help the environment too.
at 21:34 on November 13th, 2008
Thanks Karen, trust me on this one, if it were true, Obama's win would be eclipsed a trillion fold compared to anything on earth if this story were true, which I am confident it isn't. relagated to the back pages of News of the World and BatBoy wins the US presidency instead of Obama,
Thanks for visiting and commenting, interesting story, don't you think?
at 20:24 on April 20th, 2009
This is great news. I hope to see more H20 powered cars in the very near future.
at 10:00 on July 15th, 2009
Great ! Japanese Car Technology will show us more exciting technologies. Running car by water instead of fuel is really great news and will be very helpful saving fuel.
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