It seems too obvious to be a solution, but why did we give up on steam power? I believe nuclear power plants essentially work by generating steam, could this model be used in a car? Does steam not provide enough force to move the water and its container?
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They can and they did. But heavy, cumbersome engines (of the time) doomed it. Generally the problem is energy density – gasoline engines develop much more energy/kg of fuel. (other than perhaps nuclear – but then there is the safety and shielding and risk of releasing pollution etc) With the current ICE engine, combustion is translated directly to motion rather than going through the step of heating an intermediate fluid.
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