A new generation of lunar rovers under development by Lockheed Martin and GM could be used by Artemis astronauts.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nBut the original lunar rover did help set in motion momentous change. Think of it as the ur-EV. If you can power a vehicle on the moon with batteries, some folks realized, why not here on Earth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The good news is that we\u2019ve come a long way beyond the primitive 36-volt, silver-zinc potassium hydroxide non-rechargeable batteries used in that craft. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are now millions of automobiles plying Earth\u2019s roadways using rechargeable lithium-ion technology yielding as much as 520 miles range in the Lucid Air Dream Range edition. Next-generation batteries, like solid-state, could make the technology even more attractive \u2014 and affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, while we haven\u2019t quite met all the dreams and fantasies of ’60s-era sci-fi, we\u2019re getting closer and closer when it comes to transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now, if we could only come up with warp drive and transporters … well, at least the kind Dr. McCoy wouldn’t be afraid of using.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s been a big week for some folks. The internet’s been filled with references to the fact George Jetson was born this week. It’s given TheDetroitBureau.com’s Editor-in-Chief Paul A. Eisenstein reason to look back \u2014 and ahead \u2014 at the industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56761,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9,7,8,5,1608,10,905,1360],"tags":[7168,7166,665,1383,7167,7165,7164],"make":[],"post-state":[],"category_old":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229486"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229486"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":229537,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229486\/revisions\/229537"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229486"},{"taxonomy":"make","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/make?post=229486"},{"taxonomy":"post-state","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post-state?post=229486"},{"taxonomy":"category_old","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedetroitbureau.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/category_old?post=229486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}