Ford Nucleon

Model of a Ford Nucleon (front) in the German Museum of Technology in Berlin

Rear view

The Ford Nucleon was a concept vehicle introduced by Ford Motor Company in 1958 . The car was supposed to run on nuclear fuel . A small nuclear reactor suspended between the rear wheels was provided for this purpose. One fill should last 5,000 miles (approximately 8,000 km) before it should be replaced. Ford only built a 1: 2.66 model of the vehicle , it was never produced. It stands for a whole range of similar concepts from the 1950s at the beginning of the atomic age .

The vehicle served as a model for the automobiles in the computer game series Fallout .

See also

• Nuclear power drive

Web links

Commons : Ford Nucleon  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Ford on the Nucleon (English)
• Concept image of the Ford Nucleon
• Alan Bellows: The Atomic Automobile, Aug 27, 2006 with pictures
• zeit.de: With the atomic car on the highway. - Whether flying vehicles or uranium in the tank: people have always imagined the future of cars to be spectacular. A look back at the future