yankodesign.com - 7/30/2009
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The Daily Five: Thursday, 30 July, 2009
EcoTech Daily —
... Metro Cell Vehicle Concept. Single person semi-private vehicle system called PDD (pickup-drive-drop) will be implemented. With the PDD system, a driver finds a “cellular-mobile stack”, engages a car and uses it within that limited area. Once the commute is done, they simply disembark and the pod goes back to the nearest mobile stack. So very, very cool. ...
Eco Cars: Metro Cell Vehicle Concept is like driving a shopping cart on busy streets
Ecofriend —
... available in metropolitan cities and a potential user will just have to find the nearest cellular stack. Users can then pickup any electric vehicle from the stack and drive anywhere in the area. On reaching the destination, once the passenger disembarks from the car the vehicle automatically goes back to the stack, without any transferring. The vehicle is powered by a set of batteries that fuel the hub motors present in the wheels of the car.
Via: Yanko/MichelinChallengeDesign
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