Cadillac Nuclear Powered Car

More specifically powering the cars batteries would be the radioactive element thorium.

Nuclear fusion clean energy nuclear power compared to coal. Thorium plasma batteries proponents have violated the scientific method at every turn. In 2009 loren kulesus presented the cadillac world thorium fuel concept or the wtf as it became affectionately known. The concept of the thorium powered car is not brand new.

Cadillac thorium fuel powered concept thorium is a radioactive element that if processed properly might be used as nuclear fuel so this is a nuclear powered car if you will. The appropriately named wtf concept car which stands for world thorium fuel to be clear is actually cadillacs attempt at creating a fully self sustaining nuclear powered car that can survive for 100 years without any significant maintenance. The development of nuclear powered submarines and ships during the 1940s and 50s led car designers to begin conceptualizing atomic vehicles.

The idea from designer loren kulesus is that this car could be used for 100 years without engine maintenance and refueling. The cadillac world thorium fueled concept car theoretically powered by an onboard nuclear reactor that uses thorium as its fuel. We have a long way to go to make nuclear power a feasible alternative but at the rate our technology is developing.

The idea is grandiose and ambitious and some companies such as cadillac have been researching it since 2009 with initiatives like their cadillac world thorium fueled concept car but real life testing has not yet been conducted. Cadillac as a design exercise to show what a vehicle capable of.