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The duality of miss Melissa O’Neil 😎🚓 {video}

The podcar is back With ecoPRT, personal rapid transit could finally be an idea that's time has come.

This is the Rinspeed micromax, a short-distance city pod car of sorts designed for the Eurpean market (hypothetically). Rinspeed is known for their oddball designs, though what's interesting about this one is that it mimics other small personal transportation vehicles (PTVs), most notably rain-based ones. This is technically a hybrid-form of vehicle - a hybrid between an autonomous podcar (like the VIPA) and a tall city car. So, that's a first, I suppose.

ULTra PRT at Heathrow from the perspective of a passenger. For me, right now, this is the most interesting thing about this new mobility system. Yes, it encourages people to use it simply because it is novel, and yes, it doesn't actually seem that wild from the rider's perspective, but that's not really the point. The point is that it doesn't seem abnormal - it is attempting to be futuristic, banal, and yet utterly compelling.