• LANIK2000@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    A neat little taxi, the fact that it’s safe and quiet enough to go inside large buildings/complexes is also neat. Just confused why it’s called a “mini-tram”, considering that it doesn’t even remotely fit the definition. I mean it’s not like it’ll ever fill the role of a tram in any capacity, it’ll always just be a fancy private taxi for shortish distances.

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    5 months ago

    Now imagine if we took this, made it longer and flexible to fit more people, put it on steel rails for less rolling resistance. I wonder how that would work out.

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      5 months ago

      It’s not a tram, it’s not the first ever vehicle to be able to move vertically with an elevator either. If any it resembles a car in a car elevator. It’s something but it’s definitely not a tram. Autonomous magnetically guided minibus.

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    I think it might be autonomous. At least, it looks exactly like some driverless vehicles that are being tested in my city. They can’t navigate just anywhere though. They use cameras to follow a prescribed route. My guess is that this one follows the painted red line and uses cameras for collision avoidance.