The Atomic Automobile: Ford Nucleon


	The Atomic Automobile: Ford Nucleon

bookchick49

10-28-2006 6:31 PM

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technology, alternative energy, ford, automobiles, atomic energy, science

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"..... designers anticipated that a typical Nucleon would travel about 5,000 miles per charge."

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