[HN Gopher] Honda prepping AI robots electric air travel and lun...
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       Honda prepping AI robots electric air travel and lunar technology
       for 2030
        
       Author : geox
       Score  : 25 points
       Date   : 2021-10-02 20:07 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.zdnet.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.zdnet.com)
        
       | secondo wrote:
       | They've produced an uncanny cgi to illustrate the eVTOL
       | vision[1]. While intrigued by some aspects of it (self driving
       | cars, seemingly clever AI assistants and seamless identification
       | across devices - it's inevitable) I can't help thinking it's a
       | dated perspective of the future of work.
       | 
       | 1. https://youtu.be/DsRkzNzxwvo
        
       | jppope wrote:
       | I love Honda but this is just a vaporware announcement...
       | 
       | Honda is one of the most conservative manufacturers out there and
       | unfortunately they're about to be slaughtered during the
       | transition to BEVs as they've failed to build a solid transition
       | plan or innovate in meaningful ways. I hope to hell I'm wrong
       | because I would love to live in a world where Honda makes it to
       | 2040 and still be a major transportation provider but I just
       | don't see it happening.
        
         | robotmay wrote:
         | The Honda E is pretty cool and a good step forward for them,
         | but it's pretty weird in a few places (the camera mirrors are
         | pretty crap, range is dire etc). They could probably turn their
         | fortunes around overnight by redesigning the rest of their
         | butt-ugly cars around the styling of the E and slapping big
         | range on it. The rest of their current range look like a Gundam
         | that ate too many pies.
        
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