The Ford Nucleon would carry a small nuclear reactor and get 5,000 miles without a fillup. Of course, the car was never actually built. Making a reactor small and safe enough to power a passenger ...

Car buyers today have their pick of gasoline-powered, electric and hybrid vehicles. But if some 1950s visionaries had their way, another option would be available in dealer showrooms: nuclear.

whose main draw was that it was envisioned as a car powered by a nuclear reactor. This article focuses on the 1957 Ford Nucleon concept.