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Driverless taxis set for Terminal 5

( 12/08/2009 )

Passengers at Heathrow are set to be whisked along in futuristic driverless taxis from next year.

The amazing laser-guided vehicles, now on show at the Science Museum, will shuttle people between the business car parks and the new Terminal 5 building.

Built by Advanced Transport Systems LTD, the ULTra is capable of moving at speeds of 25mph along the 2.5-mile route.

And to complete the full Tomorrow's World experience, passengers will get on board at one of three stations and enter their destination using a touch screen.

Each of the 21 pods in the PRT system is a low-energy, battery-powered vehicle, capable of beetling along with up to four people on board.

It began real-world testing at Heathrow last month, and Professor Martin Lowson, who invented the ULTra system, has big plans for its future.

"We believe that our PRT system can transform cities in the 21st century to provide the optimum form of environmentally-friendly urban transport, relieving congestion and reducing emissions," he told the Telegraph.

 

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