The new AIRBUS and Italdesign vision for urban transit separates the passenger cabin from the mode of transportation. “Pop.Up is a new mobility concept. It’s multi-modal and allows passengers a seamless and faster way of getting from A to B using the city sky,” says Mathias Thomsen, General Manager, AIRBUS Urban Air Mobility. In press materials, the Pop.Up concept cabin is shown being delivered to the user’s house as an autonomous road vehicle. As it approaches the city, the cabin is lifted off the road-going platform by an autonomous quad-rotor, which carries the user to her destination at the heart of the city. Thomsen proposes the cabin could also be loaded onto a hyperloop for high-speed, long-distance travel.
Source: avwebAIRBUS Unveils New Modular Mobility Concept—Pop.Up