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Good Housekeeping
April 2000

by Elvira Mata
Times Journal
April 25, 1981

[DanielDingel.com Note: This is a text-encoded version of an original newspaper article as depicted in the photograph.]

EAT your heart out, OPEC. A Filipino has devised a way to make a car run on water.

Daniel Dingel's water-powered car traces its development back to 1969, per Philippine newspaper accounts and the inventor's own claim that he has invested at least thirty years' worth of work. Dingel has had several cars converted since that time - all his own.

The Daniel Dingel water car is not a fuel-cell car. Fuel cell cars like the new Honda FCX Clarity uses hydrogen gas to produce electricity in a fuel cell, and it is this electricity that powers the car's electric motor. Also, fuel cell cars are reliant on hydrogen that is pre-extracted using costly methods.