Wii Remote inventor unveils 50p car fuel

American inventor Thomas Quinn, who is responsible for the design of the Nintendo Wii Remote controller, has launched a new home-based fuel pump that will allow motorists to fill up their car for just 50p per gallon.

Quinn, who first designed the Wii Remote in 2001 while running Gyration, a firm specialising in the development of motion-sensing controllers, has launched a new company to produce low-cost fuel solutions for motorists.

The famed inventor has designed a home-based fuel pump called the E-Fuel 100 MicroFueler. The system, which is around the same size as an automatic washing machine, is a home ethanol plant and will cost $9,995 (over £5,000) when it goes on sale later this year in the US, offering drivers access to the eco alternative for 50p per gallon.

“E-Fuel will have a profound impact on the way we obtain and consume fuel, not unlike the paradigm shift that occurred in the '80s from the mainframe computer to the PC,” said Tom Quinn, E-Fuel founder and CEO.

“Just as the PC brought desktop computing to the home, E-Fuel will bring the filling station to the home. Making local sugar-based ethanol fuel production possible, E-Fuel can solve the commercial ethanol transportation and pump station problems while providing consumers lower cost fuel due to micro-efficiencies.”