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Originally Posted by rberry951
I don't see the problem here, an electric turbo runs great.
You just need a flux capacitor and a small nuclear reactor... I hear you can buy them in Iran now days...
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I'm not sure about the "flux" capacitor (flux lines are generated by inductors, NOT capacitors), but the small reactor idea did hit a chord with me. The same logic that applies to a fuel cell, would also apply here though: Instead of using the reactor to power only the ESC, why not just use it to power the whole car?
I have always fantasized about having a nuclear powered car. The only issue would be scaling a reactor down to "microreactor" size, where it will fit under the hood. But that should be possible with today's technology. Remember the russian lunahod? It ran for less then a year, but it was on the moon, and it used 1/2 century old russian nuclear technology .
A nuclear powered car could probably operate for 10 years on a BB-sized chunk of U-235. But since the oil companies need you to continuously feed them your money, they would expend enormous amounts of it, in order to prevent such a product from being developed. But just imagine the though of being able to go wherever you need/want to, without ever having to put all of the money that you now spend on fuel, into the tank.