Jan 10, 2008 9:06 pm US/Central
New Technology Uses Water To Fuel Cars
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 / TXA 21) ―
It has been said that we are smarter than the internal combustion engine.
As gas prices continue to skyrocket, many of the planet's best and brightest minds are thinking of new ways to use new energy sources as fuel.
A Florida based company called Hydrogen Technology Applications is powering the future with the Earth's most abundant energy source: water.
Owner Denny Klein was looking to create a safer alternative to acetylene torches. He developed HHO, or water gas.
He then developed the hybrid hydrogen oxygen system. Hydrogen gas is generated on demand and is used as a fuel additive in a standard gasoline or diesel engine.
Two prototype vehicles are on the road at present and the results speak for themselves: a net increase in horsepower and an average increase of 20 to 30 percent in miles per gallon.
The system can be can be retrofitted on nearly any existing automobile. Unlike a fuel cell, it's much safer.
Theses hybrids can also run on straight water and can get 100 miles from four ounces of water.
The car was developed by a former Formula One engineer and runs completely on compressed air. The creators say this concept is simple yet revolutionary.
It can be filled at any station with an air compressor, gets 125 miles per tank of air and can reach speeds of up to 68 miles per hour. The base model will run just over $5,000.
An Indian car company hopes to have the car on the road in Europe and India by the end of 2008.
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