Eli5: Why steam cars aren’t used anymore?

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I was told that Steam cars were fast, clean, and efficient, and at one time it was the vehicle of choice.

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In addition to the things already mentioned, steam vehicles operate at high pressure so when something goes wrong, it goes badly wrong (eg Jay Leno got badly burned by a steam car last year).

Lots of people were injured when steam engines were more prevalent – trains were especially bad when the boilers blew up.

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