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According to a statement released by both companies, the capsule is planned to measure out at 2.6 meters-long, 1.4-m-high and 1.5-m-wide. (Airbus/File)
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t the 87th Geneva International Motor Show, aerospace company Airbus along with Italy based design and engineering company and brand Italdesign unveiled Pop.Up, the world’s first modular, fully electric, zero emissions concept vehicle system that aims to relieve traffic in crowded megacities.
The plan is to create a capsule that can switch “seamlessly” between a ground or air module so that drivers can take advantage of both ground and airspace. There are also hopes that public transportation will also be able to integrate the Pop.Up capsule.
There will be artificial intelligence integrated into the vehicle that will build user knowledge, and will use that to help design the best trip for the passenger and to manage the travel complexity.
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“Adding the third dimension to seamless multi-modal transportation networks will without a doubt improve the way we live and how we get from A to B,” said Mathias Thomsen, general manager for Urban Air Mobility at Airbus in a press release on Tuesday. “Italdesign, with its long track record of exceptional vehicle design was an exciting partner for Airbus for this unique concept project.”
According to a statement released by both companies, the capsule is planned to measure out at 2.6 meters long, 1.4 meters high and 1.5 meters wide.
“It is deeply rooted in [Italdesign’s] DNA to search for future state-of-the-art solutions,” said Italdesign CEO Jörg Astalosch. “Today, automobiles are part of a much wider ecosystem: if you want to design the urban vehicle of the future, the traditional car cannot alone be the solution for megacities, you also have to think about sustainable and intelligent infrastructure, apps, integration, power systems, urban planning, social aspects, and so on.
“In the next years ground transportation will move to the next level and from being shared, connected and autonomous it will also go multimodal and moving into the third dimension.” (sul/kes)
