Coca-Cola’s new hydrogen-powered vending machine doesn’t need a power outlet

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March 21, 2025, 2:06 PM

• •Coca-Cola is installing the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan.
• •The machines don’t need access to a power outlet and instead rely on replaceable hydrogen cartridges to fuel a chemical reaction that generates electricity.
• •The company will install 58 vending machines at the Expo, and each will feature an informational display on the side educating visitors on how hydrogen power works.

Coca-Cola is installing what the company claims to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the World Expo 2025, which will open to the public in Osaka, Japan, on April 13th, 2025. Co-developed by Fuji Electric, the machines don’t need access to a power outlet and instead rely on replaceable hydrogen cartridges to fuel a chemical reaction that generates electricity. The company will install 58 vending machines at the Expo, and each will feature an informational display on the side educating visitors on how hydrogen power works.

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