Well, garage inventors come in all kinds. The ones who are at a bicycle shop in Gator Country at Gainesville, Florida didn’t blink twice at putting their new hydrogen on demand system inside a Gatorade bottle. Pete Mambelli and Russ Hinojosa of Swampcycles decided to collaborate on a super secret HOD system and are currently applying for patents before they begin selling their invention commercially.

The Gatorade bottle of course is an early prototype for presumably an HHO generator as opposed to a pure hydrogen generator that the two have built and tested on a 1986 Ford Econoline 150, plus a Znen scooter. The run your car on water system effectively doubled the gas mileage in the Ford van according to the two men.

Mambelli and Hinojosa built their system for less than $100 and intend to sell future production models for around $200 to $300. The two inventors did say they blew up a few early prototypes before settling on the design they are currently using.

So, the Florida gators have better watch their backs as local future vehicles equipped with hydrogen on demand technology just may be bearing down on them soon. I wonder if Gatorade could be used as an electrolyte on their run your car on water system? Naw, that would be just plain silly.

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