A Brita pitcher on wheels

The Times' Up To Speed blog recently posted about the Mazda Kiyora, a car of the future that collects rain water and filters it for human consumption. Kinda like the Cucamonga Valley Water District's Frontier Project but in a car.

And what a car. Imagine parking that on Victoria Garden's North Mainstreet.

The rain water goes through an extensive filtration process and gets deposited into a fancy bottle. No more feeling guilty about buying Evian or reusing its bottles.

The Frontier Project, by comparison, has a filtration system that puts grey water (kitchen sink runoff for example) to use for ground irrigation. The building has a water retention system that captures rainwater, too. 

A seemingly great idea but Up To Speed makes a good point. In this ultra dry Southern California climate, this car's feature might never by fully utilized. The driver might look cool in this Mazda but he'd still be really thirsty.