Solar panel driven travelling

!! Find the extended version "Bubbles&Beams II" - search for tag "gts3" !!
It is possible to drive a Personal Rapid Transfer system with solar panels. This video is another version of http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9tAXdFOhzM

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• solar
• panel
• transport
• communication
• future
• fast
• safe
• pollution-free
• convenient
• 3D
• elevated
• train
• prt
• podcar

[Chrutonius]

Verry nice idea, but are u suppose to sit in a kewl wheelchair when u ride ? ;D

[greblyksnah]

Of course anyone can travel. Just in person, in company of up to 6, with a bike or pram. The new prolonged video version (search for "Bubbles&Beams II") shows this.

[Thehaymarketbomber]

The suspended cars, the two-way tracks, and the dual-mode (PRT and surface road) cars are all expensive and probably unworkable engineering mistakes. Beautiful video though.

[greblyksnah]

How do you know it is expensive? Calculations indicate they are a lot cheaper then any other kind of traffic if you consider all aspects (building, land costs, traffic, energy, travel time, safety, a s o

[greblyksnah]

@Splatzone: Yes I did the 3D (trueSpace) water colour backgrounds, most of the story and a lot of the cunstruction of the system to make the video show something that is really possible, not just a fantasy.

[pereja12]

This is a general transport system that can eliminate cars. By hanging the containers under the beam they can easily interact with other means of transport, thus facilitating a gradual introduction of the system.

Stability and comfort is increased as the centrifugal forces make the cars lean at exactly the right angle on curves.

Riding on top of the beams makes everything more difficult. The genius of this design is in hanging the cars under the beam.

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[ahoog69]

There are some great ideas here! Still, I think a system where the pods run on top of a guideway would be perceived as being more safe (and perception is important in trying to sell such a system to the public). Also, I think each pod should hold no more (and no less) than 4 people. Finally, since stations would be no less than 1/4 mile apart, some walking would still be involved.

[DeltaKilo3]

Don't we have that kind of nation already? I do see your point though, I'm sure it could do without the moving chairs.

[xsyar]

what if the sun not shining.. jump 5 meter from ground?

[Thehaymarketbomber]

The "dual-mode" car shown obviously could be made to work but it will be a lot heavier, more complicated, and expensive than a car which operates only in the automated system. The two-way tracks cost twice as much to build as one-way, but since the sytem in the video is intended for high speed between cities, there may be no other way to do it. The suspended cars will probably be heavier than cars which run on top of the guideway, with a resulting penalty in energy consumption.

[CadenRolland]

Advantages: very low maintenance costs, much lower casualty rates, greater speed (important for emergency vehicles), all terrain access, terrorist resistant, sound reduction, (if solar powered) low and fixed costs to use, and could easily be accessible to all income levels, oh and environmentally friendly. Vast improvement over traditional highway passenger systems.

[CadenRolland]

None of this technology is unworkable in fact it, in part, all of it is in use somewhere.

To keep costs low the companies that make these products could be enlisted by governments to produce a total working package.

The countries most likely to invest in this would have mountainous and/or watery terrain where roads and bridges are very expensive and lengthy projects.