Now, this is where I really wish I could tell you Fiat built some nuclear-powered electric concept car. Alas, the closest we’ll ever get to that was the Simca Fulgur concept from 1958 that would ...

In theory, nuclear-powered cars could run for thousands of miles without refueling, and some could even fly. But several problems remained. For one, nobody had developed a nuclear power plant ...

The idea behind it was, to put it nicely, ambitious: a car powered by a small nuclear reactor with a range of at least 5,000 miles. The idea wasn’t totally out there, believe it or not.

If you've seen "Fallout" or played any of the games, you know that nuclear-powered cars are relatively commonplace. That's not true in the real world, but that's only because such vehicles aren't ...