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'Hover Car' System to Be Implemented in Tel Aviv

posted by zizban on Thursday June 26 2014, @12:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-step-closer-to-the-jetsons dept.

freetown writes:

The BBC reports on a pilot project called SkyTran, a kind of two person monorail.

Two-person vehicles will be suspended from elevated magnetic tracks, as an alternative transport method to congested roads, the firm promised.

The system should be up and running by the end of 2015. The firm hopes the test track will prove that the technology works and lead to a commercial version of the network.

The plan is to allow passengers to order a vehicle on their smartphone to meet them at a specific station and then head directly to their destination.

While the technology looks interesting, I'm not sure about the long term commercial prospects of this project.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 26 2014, @12:38AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 26 2014, @12:38AM (#60153)

    Arlo would like you to know he used the WRONG FINGER!