Japanese invent car that runs on water

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Posted: Friday, Jun 13, 2008 at 1409 hrs IST
Updated: Friday, Jun 13, 2008 at 1409 hrs IST

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Friday, June 13: : Tired of petrol 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 litre 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.

"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.

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» Water ONLY Powered Car

Posted by Ionikios on 2008-07-25 19:21:51.291441+05:30
It seems to me that the press is more gullible and ignorant than most. Let the scientific community check it out and confirm such extravagant claims - not the press.

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» What this would mean to our world's current power structure.

Posted by wherethegoodgo on 2008-08-23 07:28:45.133347+05:30
The first post I read about this story was negative. Why? Do you think any scientists would risk their careers and funding for their work. Too many people don't have a clue as to what this type of invention would do to the current power structure of the world and how they would do anything to stop this type of invention. Any scientist who would dare to verify this invention does not mean it will come to market. We the people need to demand our governments investigate this earth changing inventions. We do not choose our rich but we do chose our leaders. It is hard to find something if you are not looking for it.

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» What this would mean to our world's current power structure.

Posted by wherethegoodgo on 2008-08-23 07:28:39.4168+05:30
The first post I read about this story was negative. Why? Do you think any scientists would risk their careers and funding for their work. Too many people don't have a clue as to what this type of invention would do to the current power structure of the world and how they would do anything to stop this type of invention. Any scientist who would dare to verify this invention does not mean it will come to market. We the people need to demand our governments investigate this earth changing inventions. We do not choose our rich but we do chose our leaders. It is hard to find something if you are not looking for it.

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