That's a car not a tram
this post was submitted on 16 Jun 2024
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It runs on rails, which is called a tram or streetcar
I don't see any rails in the image?
Top left, the rest are magnetic rails under the red line
magnetic rails
If it's not steel on steel it's not a tram.
So, the tram has tyres? Like a bus?
Or is it maglev, which would be nice?
It probably just uses the magnetic "rail" to guide it on the road.
SoI I'm guessing it could be replaced by a 5$ GPS reciever
or like, the same fucking wires used for robot mowers
I think it runs on a rail - my guess is the red line hides a track that the machine follows.
The red line is pavement. But it looks like there's a bit of very narrow gauge track that the car actually runs on to the left
This is a self driving tram provided by the Korean Railroad Research Institute to this research project. As so often, these “autonomous” vehicles merely follow a special trail that is embedded in the tarmac, often with an indicator colour on top. The rail-ish thing you mentioned is just too far away from the vehicle, and there’s only one.
So only one question remains: is it a car? Maybe.
Now imagine if we took this, made it longer and flexible to fit more people, put it on steel rails for less rolling resistance. I wonder how that would work out.