What was announced as a 2050 pipe dream by Kawasaki, the company's hydrogen-powered, four-hooved, all-terrain robot horse vehicle Corleo is actually going into production and is now expected to be commercially available decades earlier – with the first model to debut in just four years.
  • The_hypnic_jerk [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    7 days ago

    If it’s hydrogen tanks can you make them explode by shooting them? I know gasoline doesn’t really work like that, but does hydrogen?

    If so, hell yeah. Future cowboy wars with exploding horses (no actual horses harmed)

    • someone [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      7 days ago

      For some reason, lots of Japanese companies are in love with hydrogen despite it being the dumbest possible solution for compact mobile energy storage. The auto companies in particular keep trying to push it. I’ve been wondering if it’s a combination of trying desperately to recoup some R&D spending before the patents expire, the Japanese corporate culture of “the boss is always right”, and senior leaders who won’t risk the personal embarrassment of having backed the wrong horse for their entire senior management career and admitting that hydrogen fuel is a dumb idea.