Would You Like My Car to Make You Some Water?
Would You Like My Car to Make You Some Water?
“But even in a market like the U. S., this might be a feature for people who want to have extremely pure, clean water
and don’t want water bottles filling up the landfill.”
The drinking-water idea points to a wider change rippling through the global auto industry: As cars gain more computing power
and adopt new technologies, engineers are finding ways to make cars do much more than take us from Point A to Point B.
“There are people in a lot of locations who don’t have easy access to fresh water — arid regions, remote regions,” Mr. Martin said.
“Local residents can just come and fill jugs with high-quality water and take it home,” Mr. Martin said.
Now Mr. Martin and Mr. Rollinger are working to turn their system into commercial technology.
“When the iPhone came out 10 years ago, you could make phone calls and text and access the internet,
but no one knew how far it would go with apps,” he said.
“But even in a market like the U. S., this might be a feature for people who want to have extremely pure, clean water
and don’t want water bottles filling up the landfill.”
The drinking-water idea points to a wider change rippling through the global auto industry: As cars gain more computing power
and adopt new technologies, engineers are finding ways to make cars do much more than take us from Point A to Point B.
“There are people in a lot of locations who don’t have easy access to fresh water — arid regions, remote regions,” Mr. Martin said.
“Local residents can just come and fill jugs with high-quality water and take it home,” Mr. Martin said.
Now Mr. Martin and Mr. Rollinger are working to turn their system into commercial technology.
“When the iPhone came out 10 years ago, you could make phone calls and text and access the internet,
but no one knew how far it would go with apps,” he said.