this post was submitted on 07 Dec 2023
159 points (97.0% liked)

Technology

59157 readers
2528 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.


Our Rules


  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related content.
  3. Be excellent to each another!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, to ask if your bot can be added please contact us.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed

Approved Bots


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
all 25 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] bigbadmoose@lemmy.world 57 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

If those tractors are terminal, I think this experimental treatment is worth it 🙏

[–] CIA_chatbot@lemmy.world 14 points 11 months ago

Thoughts and prayers!

[–] stevedidWHAT@lemmy.world 19 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

With a small donation of one upvote that doesn’t actually exist, you can save these terminal tractors from a certain end to their lives.

Vote now

[–] captainastronaut@seattlelunarsociety.org 19 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Missed opportunity to name these “energon cubes”

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Do you want evil robots from space? Because this is how you get evil robots from space

[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Well, yeah.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The real question becomes which side was actually the more evil one when you watch all the films apparently.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

I only watched the cartoon when I was a kid. I never watched the movies. I’m sure Congress will be interviewing the president of Harvard to ask her opinion on the genocide of decepticons.

[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Would that be better or worse than the evil humans from earth that we have now? I’m honestly not sure myself.

[–] Droechai@lemm.ee 3 points 11 months ago

But the evil robots are converting crude oil into exhaustfree energon cubes without license, think of the oil corps!

[–] CrimeDad@lemmy.crimedad.work 9 points 11 months ago

I'm becoming less of a hydrogen guy and more of an ammonia guy. Liquid ammonia seems easier to deal with than hydrogen gas.

[–] Crow@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

What tech does this use? Is the hydrogen compressed or captured into a temporary sink?

[–] Destraight@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Blow it up, like in THE FINALS

[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 11 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:


Autocar, based in Birmingham, Ala., is a 126-year-old manufacturer of Class 7 and 8 work vehicles, including garbage trucks, cement mixers, terminal tractors, and more.

The company’s Hydrotec power cubs are lightweight, GM said, which enable large payloads, excellent range, and quick refueling.

Despite the technology having been in development for decades, there are only a little more than 50 fueling stations in California, mostly clustered around Los Angeles and the Bay Area.

The East Coast is trying to get in on the action, with a handful of stations up and running, and more in the works in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island.

Overcoming this challenge is important for light-duty vehicles because they often have limited size and weight capacity for fuel storage.

The hydrogen-powered generators are being sold to commercial and military customers to start out, but the automaker said it plans on offering versions for residential use in the future.


The original article contains 397 words, the summary contains 153 words. Saved 61%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world -3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Hydrogen power is a grift. Run an extension for your damn cement mixer

[–] fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are cases where getting power to a site would be a hurdle.

[–] zuch0698o@lemmy.world -1 points 11 months ago

There are mobile battery banks for a reason. Some handle 240 at 30 amp too.

[–] mybobafetish@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

By extension, are you suggesting an extension cord for electric?

[–] Railison@aussie.zone 0 points 11 months ago

Electrify where you can, improve renewable fuels for where you can’t