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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: 1) by zizban on Thursday June 26 2014, @01:39AM

    by zizban (3765) on Thursday June 26 2014, @01:39AM (#60174)

    Yes, your original submission was really negative and the cars wouldn't fall if they pulled the plug. It took a lot of editing to make it what it was. That said, it was a good submission, you just made me earn the big bucks they pay me to edit.

  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday June 26 2014, @08:27AM

    by isostatic (365) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 26 2014, @08:27AM (#60256) Journal

    Hang on, am I to believe an editor of a slashcode site not only read the submission, and followed the links, but actually made changes to the submission?!

    Freaky parallel world

    • (Score: 1) by zizban on Thursday June 26 2014, @03:09PM

      by zizban (3765) on Thursday June 26 2014, @03:09PM (#60363)

      I know! Amazing!