Toyota is looking to put a fuel cell-powered rover on the moon. The development is part of a recent agreement between Toyota and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on a cooperation in international space research.
Read moreAudi is supporting a German team in the Google Lunar XPRIZE competition. The “Audi lunar quattro” is set to launch into space in 2017 and is equipped with an adjustable solar panel capturing sunlight and directing it to a lithium-ion battery, which feeds four electric wheel hub motors. That’s the kind of “Vorsprung durch Technik” (progress through technology) we’d love to see on earth.
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