A car that runs on water?

I’ve been hearing rumors about the car that runs on water for so expanded now that I’ve distant since filed away with the flying car and cold fusion. Suddenly, thanks to the work of the Japanese firm Genepax, the water splitting car in now driving the streets of Osaka. Their tiny blue hatchback can go 80km/h for up to an hour on nothing but 1 liter of H20. What’s more, it doesn’t have to be the fancy stuff either, tap water, seawater, even tea will do the trick — and you

can fill the tank from inside the vehicle.

The technology claims to use a Membrane Electrode Assembly to separate the hydrogen from the oxygen, feeding the hydrogen to a fuel cell. From there, it pretty much works like any other hydrogen fuel cell vehicle. The details of the hydrogen generator are understandably sketchy, and that’s made some a little skeptical. Apparently, creating a sustainable hydrogen generator has never been done, and critics are wondering whether Genepax has really cracked the cipher.

Video after the jump.

[via Engadget]

[Source] Josh Loposer

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