Bojan Vrbnjak
oh the fifties of the last century. On car design v America was strongly influenced by the era jet aircraft. People were crazy about the new jets, but it was also a period in which it was developing nuclear energy. What would happen if it did nuclear energy just as strong influenced na automotive world?
That's right Ford tried to achieve with interesting the Nucleon concept, which is featured on this site. Concept photos and original Ford message for the public from the year 1958 were recently added to the ever-growing treasure trove of Ford heritage. That was just design study, with which they checked how it could look future nuclear powered vehicles. A round thing in the "bed" of the vehicle Nucleon je energy capsule, which contains an atomic nucleus without description. In addition, it has an elegant design folding bumpers for better aerodynamic efficiency. They are installed in the passenger cabin electronic systems for climate control. Ford predicted in a press release that it would Nucleon drove more than 8.000 kilometers, before it needs to be recharged.
Of course, all this was just guesswork. This design was never surpassed level 3:8, so that through the streets Detroit never cruised concept with a nuclear reactor in the rear. If you have ever been to Motor City, you know that's probably for the best. V press release it was stated that the design provides future, in which they will be nuclear reactors so small, so that they can be put in the car. Years 2024 these reactors are still huge, as they are essentially large steam engines. It probably is Ford saw a future in which nuclear reactions directly they produce energy, although we still wonder how filled the decaying element.
However Ford's vision of the future was not entirely wrong. It was mentioned in the press release that they will charging stations compensations gas stations, which is happening already now, when the development electric vehicles is expanding. Ford also described that it has Nucleon front and rear electronic devices for alerting passengers to nearby vehicles. Today are such driver assistance systems common in new vehicles and in some models they are even part of the standard equipment. If the design of your vehicle Nucleon unusually homely, you might be game player. Gaming franchise Fallout should be their own retro-futuristic cars on fusion drive based on the concept Nucleon. Ford was asked if this is true, as we see more than a few similarities between Nucleon in post-apocalyptic rides in Game. At least for now, that remains unconfirmed.
