Iphrojekthi kaFord ethi On-the-Go H2O iphakathi kwabangene kowamanqamu ku-World Changing Ideas Awards 2017.
Kuthiwani uma izimoto zingaba umthombo wamanzi ahlanzekile? Njengowoyela ophehla izimoto ezihamba ngezinjini ezivuthayo, amanzi ahlanzekile nawo ayashoda, ikakhulukazi emazweni asathuthuka. Kwakunalokhu engqondweni lapho onjiniyela abane bakwaFord - uDoug Martin, uJohn Rollinger, uKen Miller noKen Jackson - basungula iphrojekthi. I-On-the-Go i-H2O.Zicabange uhamba ngesivinini esingu-250 km/h ngeFord Mustang, uvule umpompi futhi uzithele ingilazi yamanzi… Lokhu kungenzeka ngenxa yesistimu yokubuyisela amanzi. Amanzi ashiya i-condenser ye-air conditioning system futhi adlule kusihlungi, asenze sitholakale ukuze sisetshenziswe umshayeli nabagibeli, ngisho nalapho ushayela.
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“Wonke amanzi amoshiwe kufanele asetshenziselwe ukufeza inhloso ethile. […] Kungaba kuhle uma lolu hlelo lungafinyelela kumamodeli okukhiqiza”.
UDoug Martin, unjiniyela wakwaFord
Iphrojekthi ye-On-the-Go H2O ingenye yabafinyelele kowamanqamu abangu-17 - ebuye ihlanganise i-Hyperloop - esigabeni esithi "Zokuthutha" se-World Changing Ideas Awards 2017, ngumagazini we-Fast Company, ovuza imibono emisha ezimbonini ezihlukahlukene.