JPods PRT vehicles to run on track under solar panel canopy
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Autonomous vehicles and personal transportation pods featured quite heavily in our recent round-up of the Top Ten railways of the future, and the JPods concept from Bill James has both. At the center of the scheme is a driverless, on-demand electric four to six seat vehicle suspended beneath an overhead rail structure, which is topped with photovoltaic panels. A user would let the JPod know the desired location via a touchscreen interface and the vehicle's networked computer system would determine the best route and motor there without further input from the passenger... Continue Reading JPods PRT vehicles to run on track under solar panel canopy
Section: Urban Transport
Tags: Autonomous Vehicle, Electric Vehicles, On-demand, Photovoltaic
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