[HN Gopher] Honda prepping AI robots electric air travel and lun... ___________________________________________________________________ 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-10-02 23:01 UTC)