The Bede Propeller Driven Car
/Bede Industries of Cleveland OH, created a propeler driven car in 1981. It used a pusher fan driven by a motorcycle engine. Bede claimed the car could do 100mph and get 120mpg. These numbers were calculated off engine output and weight, and did not take into account the propeller drive’s inefficiencies, which were considerable.
The car had other drawbacks. During supermarket parking lot maneuvers, empty carts would be blown into the next county… not to mention the occasional old lady with a walker. And passing a bicyclist on the road in a Bede could have dire consequences for the rider.
Only one Bede was ever made, and it is not known to have survived. Old ladies with walkers everywhere are breathing a sigh of relief.