A while back, we wrote about the air-powered car that has gained some credence because of the much-needed backing of the big group Tata of India, a conglomerate that also recently absorbed the Land Rover and Jaguar operations from a cash-strapped Ford Motor Company.
Now here comes another motive source that has been bruited about for some time: the water-powered car. However, the people behind this project claim that their car runs on more than just clean water. Supposedly, it can also run on salt water, soft drinks, alcohol, etc. Imagine this scene evolving in front of a bar or nightspot: A proud owner of a water-powered car goes in to partake of his favorite libations and then, feeling the call of nature, goes out to his car to empty himself of waste fluids directly into the gas tank. Ugh!
The company that developed the car, Genepax, is now the happy beneficiary of attention from prime car companies Honda and Toyota. If they are interested in this technology, this means that there is something to it after all.
Meanwhile, we recall a Filipino inventor named Daniel Dingel who also touted a water-powered car using roughly the same technical process as proposed for the Genepax car.
Whatever happened to inventor Dingel?
Well, it seems that time and his reticence has passed him by. I actually met the fellow and he made me go over his car, smell the exhaust (no fumes!) coming out of the rear pipe, and so forth. My friend and I, both retired bankers, encouraged Dingel to sign an agreement with one or two big car companies after protecting himself with the appropriate patents. It seems that the paranoid inventor feared having his invention stolen and the technology mined to his detriment. Well, as we said, the train passed by and no one will certainly talk to Dingel now that enough research and development work has gone into non-traditional means of automobile motivation.
Watch the following feed which shows both the Genepax car and an old Youtube video of the Dingel car.
July 12th, 2008 at 12:00 am
There has been loads of similar inventions and it seems the paranoia of the inventors is quite understandable (Stanley Meyer probably being the best known example). Lets hope that Genepax finally breaks the bubble and sets the technology free. This is not just about cars, if the technology works it will cause a revolution in the world effectively ending the age of oil.
July 11th, 2008 at 6:50 pm
This invention has been known for quite sometime. I think for Mr. Dingel, its time for you to move on as you know prices on fuel is tremendously high. People are looking for solutions on how to minimize on fuel cost. Why not share your stuff to your Filipino brothers so we too can experience it. We are willing to help and promote your invention which is the best solution now a days. So Mr. Dingel, we’re behind you. God bless.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:51 pm
By the way, a great percentage of the guys who did the research on the technology behind the fuel cell being used by the genepax car are FILIPINOS. Just imagine our capability as a nation if only we take care of our great minds.
July 11th, 2008 at 4:46 pm
The genepax car is technically an electric car using fuel cells which generates electricity by breaking down water into it’s molecular form, while Dingel’s car uses the traditional engine block and the reactor he invented. I think Dingel’s idea is still very marketable considering that more than 90% of the cars running today are still traditional ones. Us pinoys will greatly benefit from it, since our number one mode of transport is the jeepney, and if we could just convert all of these to using water, we will greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil as well as improve the air quality in our cities.