The nuclear craze after the end of World War II was more than a trope to be dissected by modern films and video games. At one point, starting nearly eight decades ago to the day, post-war America ...

The 1950s were an interesting time. The "Atomic Age" gave us everything from starburst clocks to the dread of nuclear annihilation and "duck and cover" drills in schools. It was whiplash — one minute ...

Ford's Nucleon looks and sounds like a vehicle ripped straight outta "The Jetsons." Despite having only 24 episodes, the cartoon set in 2062 became an endearingly iconic piece of Americana. It ...

Concept cars communicate in physical form, the potential, the beliefs, and the dreams that car companies have about the future of not just their own vehicles, but the whole automotive industry in ...

The late '50s and early '60s gave us some fascinating flights of design fancy in an era of unprecedented American optimism. Ford recent opened its Heritage Vault, full of nearly a century of archived ...

These seven Ford concept cars show the brand at its boldest, from the nuclear powered Nucleon and Mustang I to the ...

In 1958, Ford showed the world a car like it had never seen before, one powered by a small nuclear reactor. The Ford Nucleon, as it was christened, was envisioned as a car capable of driving more than ...

In the 1950s and early 60s, the dawn of nuclear power was supposed to lead to a limitless consumer culture, a world of flying cars and autonomous kitchens all powered by clean energy. In Europe, it ...

As far as offbeat concepts go, Ford is no stranger to eyebrow-raising concept cars. That's not an overexaggeration. At one point, Ford unveiled a concept car that envisioned a nuclear reactor as its ...