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NEW DELHI: Introduction of driverless pod taxis to ferry passengers within cities and for inter-city movement will take longer. The fourth bidder was Infrastructure Leasing & Financial Services Ltd.
Pod taxi is a personalised transit system in which pods use the overhead rail like track. There is a need to establish that the technology used in this system is safe and can be used for mass transport . Each pod carrying 2-4 passengers running on electricity and driverless pods move at an elevation above the ground. "It was found that only one system is in operation at Heathrow airport and that too it covers less than four km..