Toyota's Lunar Cruiser is a pathfinder for regenerative fuel technology.

Toyota developed a lunar vehicle that can operate using regenerative technology. In the daytime, the vehicle might use solar panels. And at night, the system can use oxygen and hydrogen in fuel cells and, why not, in turbines? This kind of system uses solar power to split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen.

And then it can burn those gases in fuel cells or turbines. The thing that makes this kind of system interesting is that it recycles hydrogen and oxygen. Burning those gases produces water, which the system can transfer to the electrolysis chamber. Then those gases will be sent to tanks, where they could be stored under pressure or in liquid form. Liquid hydrogen and oxygen require a thermos structure that isolates them from their environment because their temperature is extremely low.

The "Predator" drone can use this kind of environmentally friendly system for energy production.

This kind of emission-free hybrid vehicle can use electric engines when they can load their batteries and hydrogen-oxygen fuel cells if there is no way to load batteries, which might also be suitable on regular highways. This system is also suitable for desert vehicles. The electricity source is free in those systems. The vehicle can use solar panels. The same vehicle can also use regular sockets or wind power. The wind generator requires structures that the user can collapse.

In some visions, the satellites or some other systems can remotely load those vehicles' batteries. It's possible to transfer high-voltage electricity through the air with very high accuracy. The high-power radio-maser system sends electricity to the receiver. That system base is in Nikola Tesla's research.

The idea is that things like moon-base projects act as platforms or forums where companies can introduce their innovations. In the same way, the test planes that are delayed in the last moments offer the platform for developing next-generation avionics and aircraft propulsion. If the system uses propellers, it is possible to connect this water recycling system to an electric engine.

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