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angrychair

(8,700 posts) Mon Oct 10, 2016, 03:50 PM Oct 2016

Real car that runs on saltwater [View all]

A real car that is street-legal and has been road tested by Top Gear that runs on saltwater...yes saltwater.
Created by a technology company that is not a car manufacturer but is licensing it to a "major car manufacturer" starting in 2017. 0-60 in 4 seconds and great handling.

http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20161010-driving-the-saltwater-sports-car

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Real car that runs on saltwater [View all] angrychair Oct 2016 OP

True, but misleading VMA131Marine Oct 2016 #1

I don't disagree angrychair Oct 2016 #3

Yes, but if the energy for electrolyte solution production Volaris Oct 2016 #31

Here's a wind powered hydrogen station in Yorkshire nationalize the fed Oct 2016 #37

It would be if this country were run by sane people, Volaris Oct 2016 #38

Here we go again jberryhill Oct 2016 #2

Not a "goofy claim" angrychair Oct 2016 #4

It does not "run on saltwater" jberryhill Oct 2016 #10

In 1968 the quark was considered a goofy claim as well LanternWaste Oct 2016 #5

This is a redox battery - it has existed for ages jberryhill Oct 2016 #9

Try this research on for size.... jberryhill Oct 2016 #14

Relax angrychair Oct 2016 #23

If you aware of the science, can you explain it? The BBC failed. muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #29

It's a metallic salt, not "saltwater" as most people think of it. Xithras Oct 2016 #41

But they said it's 2 liquids, kept in separate tanks, one positively and one negatively charged muriel_volestrangler Oct 2016 #42

Not quite edhopper Oct 2016 #15

life imitates art (or comedy) lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #8

FIRST THING I thought of! LOL n/t phylny Oct 2016 #32

If you like that one, try this one lapfog_1 Oct 2016 #34

It seems the charged liquid concept has potential (get it?) but I wouldn't trust that inventor. Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2016 #36

could see it for applications where the reload would not be an issue dembotoz Oct 2016 #40

Dec 1969 #