A bit of fun before bed. Want to see the final two choices for the drinking fountain in the #NikolaBadger? It will be in the badger at #nikolaworld2020 . We chose the fixed version. Too many people would spray each other in the truck and kids would rip the handle off! pic.twitter.com/rsast91NUW
— Trevor Milton (@nikolatrevor) July 7, 2020

A hot a cold tap are promised, with safeguards to prevent accidental emissions and splashing.

Aside from the engineering, the question about the safety of drinking the water is a valid one. There are technologies, including hydropanels, that capture water vapor and turn it into drinking water. Other technologies, like Akvo AWGs, do similar things via a different, multi-step process.

Toyota does not recommend drinking the water vapor from its hydrogen fuel cell-powered Mirai, however Hyundai touts the ability to do so, even going so far as to creating a publicity stunt wherein Olympic swimmer Mireia Belmonte ran on a treadmill inside a plastic bubble while the Nexo’s tailpipe was hooked up pumping in emissions.

Hyundai Nexo y Mireia Belmonte 30″

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The engineering behind taking the emitted water vapor from the truck’s tailpipe to a drinking fountain has yet to be seen. A prototype of the Nikola Badger has yet to be seen by the public despite the fact that top-tier reservations for the model have already sold out.

The Nikola Badger is slated to debut later this year as part of the festivities surrounding Nikola World.