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Our next toy? - Check out this Kawasaki concept
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spyderladyf3
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weird....
Tslepebull
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No! Nope, nopedy nope nope! That thing reminds of those creepy robo dogs. I watched the video and then had to pour myself a double whiskey to get over it.
Gwolf
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Let it graze a while and rest.
How do you recharge an internal combustion engine when it runs out of fuel in the middle of nowhere?
Beyond what Gwolf has mentioned, this ^ sorta argument really has little point &/or validity in these discussions... You just do exactly what you need to do to refuel a gas powered bike when it runs out of gas in the middle of nowhere - you need to plan ahead! That means you either have re-fuelling/re-charging before you need it sorted out in advance, or you walk!!
Simples, really!
Gwolf
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I don't believe that battery technology is ready for vehicles designed to travel long distance yet. New batteries are being developed all the time. Some people may try to force the public to buy electric vehicles before they are ready for real travel. That will not work and all it does is turn some against electric vehicles completely. When battery technology (range and recharge) is ready for prime time, no government will have to force the public to buy them. The public will be standing in line when the doors open.
When that time comes, there may not be a gas can full of electricity to recharge a vehicle in the middle of nowhere, but there may be an emergency back up battery in a little box to get you back to civilisation.
When that time comes, there may not be a gas can full of electricity to recharge a vehicle in the middle of nowhere, but there may be an emergency back up battery in a little box to get you back to civilisation.
Gwolf
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Problem with that is the vast majority of those listed are to charge up cell phones, laptops, or a small battery bank to provide lights while camping. A very few of them are designed to charge a 12 volt battery for starting an internal combustion engine. None that I saw listed could even begin to charge a bank of golf cart batteries or even a handicap scooter which use a dual 12 volt battery setup with 24 volt motor. They are not powerful enough to charge a propulsion battery on any type of vehicle. Battery chargers are available to keep the smart phone or maybe a GPS charged up, but not even close to being useful to charge up a battery bank for transportation. The best you can do with something like that is hybrid powered with fossil fuels when the batteries get low. What they now call solar generators are nothing more than one or two 12 volt deep cycle or glass mat with a set of solar chargers. It might possibly charge up a E-bike, but nothing that requires more power.
There are two different 1,000 acre solar farms within 5 miles of where I live. I doubt if either one or both could charge up a Tesla on a heavy overcast day.
You won't be left in the middle of nowhere anyway. The weight of the battery bank required to propel a full size vehicle once it gets off a hard surface road would be sinking into the ground and the amount of battery power to overcome the tires sinking in will kill the entire battery bank before it gets anywhere near the middle of nowhere. Battery powered vehicles are too heavy to go any distance off road.
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racoon
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A very good point. After a few revisions of my search, I settled on: 12v solar battery charger 50w
I found several that are described as "smart" and can be used with 12V, 12V AGM, and 12V Lithium batteries.
Gwolf
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Those could charge up a handicap scooter or electric wheelchair if you disconnect the batteries and charge them one at the time. Even the smaller handicap scooters use two 12 volt batteries and the chargers have to be for 24 volt charging.
racoon
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There are also 24v solar battery chargers.
Oh, and Google also found a few 36v solar battery chargers.
But that's now a moot point, because when I delved more into the Kawasaki Corleo world I discovered that it's apparently Hydrogen powered.
Kawasaki unveils hydrogen-powered robotic horse that you can ride
Kawasaki Heavy Industries has unveiled Corleo, a hydrogen-powered, four-legged robotic vehicle designed for riders, at the Osaka-Kansai Expo 2025. This innovative concept integrates artificial inte…
roboticsandautomationnews.com
"Equipped with a 150cc hydrogen engine, Corleo generates electricity to power its limbs."
ottawa-rider
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If you listen to the video, they mention that it is powered by an hydrogen engine.
But the question remains, where do you get hydrogen nowadays.
I don't expect to see such an "animal" in my lifetime.
But the question remains, where do you get hydrogen nowadays.
I don't expect to see such an "animal" in my lifetime.
Albec
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I thought the same thing. Not too many hydrogen filling stations around these parts.
Gwolf
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Are you asking where can you get the most plentiful element in the known universe? That would be the element that makes up 75% of the mass and 90% of the atoms of everything? I have no clue, maybe we could negotiate with some small, unfriendly country to get some water from them. Water has 2 parts hydrogen and one part oxygen, but then we would have the dirty waste by product of all, that oxygen, polluting the atmosphere.
It would be a real problem. It is really too bad we don't have any water in this country.
If only the Hindenburg had not exploded... it was full of hydrogen. I guess most of the people who knew how to get hydrogen back in 1937 to fill dangerous flying machines are probably dead by now. We will never know where they got it from.
It would be a real problem. It is really too bad we don't have any water in this country.
If only the Hindenburg had not exploded... it was full of hydrogen. I guess most of the people who knew how to get hydrogen back in 1937 to fill dangerous flying machines are probably dead by now. We will never know where they got it from.
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Snoking1127
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Current bush.
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