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Stanley Meyer

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Key facts

Full name Stanley Allen Meyer[1]
Born August 24, 1940[1]
Died March 20, 1998[1]
Nationality American[1]
Known for Claiming to invent a water fuel cell for cars[1]

Stanley Meyer was an American inventor who claimed to have built a water-powered car using a "water fuel cell"; an Ohio court ruled the claims fraudulent in 1996.[1] He was born August 24, 1940, and died March 20, 1998.[1] Later sources describe his technology as debunked.[2]

Context

Stanley Meyer was an American inventor who claimed to have developed a water fuel cell that could power a car using water instead of gasoline.[1] An Ohio court ruled these claims fraudulent in 1996.[1] The water fuel cell has been described as a non-functional design for a perpetual motion machine.[1] Later sources call Meyer a pseudo-inventor and say his technology was debunked.[2] Some accounts report controversy around his death, but the provided sources do not establish a definitive cause beyond those reports.[3]

Documented claims

  • An Ohio court found Meyer's water fuel cell claims fraudulent in 1996. [1]
  • Meyer said a retrofitted car could use water as fuel instead of gasoline. [1]
  • Later sources describe Meyer as a pseudo-inventor and say his water-powered-car technology was debunked. [2]

Questions and answers

What happened to Stanley Meyer?

Meyer died on March 20, 1998.[1] Some later accounts report controversy around his death, but the provided sources do not establish a definitive cause beyond those reports.[3]

What happened to the car that ran on water?

The water-powered car was based on Meyer's water fuel cell, which an Ohio court found fraudulent in 1996.[1] The design has been described as non-functional.[1]

Is water fuel cell technology possible?

Meyer's specific water fuel cell was ruled fraudulent by an Ohio court in 1996.[1] Later sources describe the technology as debunked.[2] The provided sources do not address other water fuel cell technologies.

Sources

  1. The Water-Powered Car — Elon Musk, Stanley Meyer and the H2O Car — aquaterrex.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  2. Stanley Meyer: Death and Denial. | CarThrottle — carthrottle.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)
  3. Stanley Meyer - The Mysterious Death of The Water Car Inventor — tilln.com (retrieved August 3, 2026)

Sources last checked August 3, 2026. · More in People