A company called MonoMobile has developed a type of automobile that could very well help to provide us with cheap, rapid, personal and oil-free transportation through an ingenious merging of two existing technologies.
Their Liberator car is a cross between a lightweight electric automobile and a monorail carriage which provides the benefits of mass transportation whilst maintaining the personal comfort and freedom that comes with owning your own vehicle.
The car runs on battery power to get around town but when you need to go further, you can hook up to an electrified monorail highway. This transports you at up to 200 mph to your destination and charges your battery simultaneously.
The developers of the car, Jay Andress and Andy Webster say the car (originally called the CityEl) will free drivers to use their time more productively on long-haul road trips as they don’t need to control the vehicle on the monorail.
Apparently, the required monorail infrastructure will cost less than 1/10th of traditional highways and the computer-controlled vehicle separation will eliminate congestion. Lets hope these guys get the chance to bring this brilliant idea to the public.
Sources:
MonoMobile
Via: EcoFriend