ERTS: Exploring the Next Generation of Urban Mobility
Advancing towards the future of Shared & Personal Rapid Transit Systems with a ground-up approach for the system as a whole in order to significantly improve overall efficiency.
Advancing towards the future of Shared & Personal Rapid Transit Systems with a ground-up approach for the system as a whole in order to significantly improve overall efficiency.
The Challenge
With significant strides in EV, , and technologies, we are heading towards a pivotal point in . That, however, isn’t enough. A 2-tonne metal box that often carries a single passenger weighing less than 5% of the curb weight, and remains parked 95% of the time, is systemically problematic.
Intent & Approach
We believe it is crucial for us to question the very fundamentals in order to realise a feasible on-demand rapid transit system with efficiencies surpassing that of today’s public transport and convenience surpassing that of personal transport. We have rethought the vehicular and infrastructural concepts to innately integrate the most advanced up and coming technologies such as the electric propulsion system and the hardware required for and .
Developments
We have set ourselves some seemingly absurd targets. It is cardinal for us to think of the multifaceted multidisciplinary system as a whole over the entire lifecycle along with the environmental and economic sensibilities. Though there’s a long way ahead, we have made some noteworthy progress and have been working with our partners on a hybrid powertrain that utilises onboard propulsion for last-mile connectivity and high-speed infrastructure-assisted propulsion elsewhere.
Target Metrics
300
Current Model: 550kg
115
Current Model: 178/1000
22.5
Current Model: 27.8cm
My Role
I have been leading ERTS as a long-term experimental project. Our work began in 2019 at Aufenbach and we have invested hundreds of hours brainstorming and engineering various design and system aspects. My responsibilities include leading the team, managing relationships with partners, designing concepts, engineering various subsystems such as the proprietary electric propulsion mechanism as well as the sensor arrays, etc.
The Team
The project is now a collaborative effort between Aufenbach, our innovation, design and engineering studio, and Geodesic Techniques, a key industry leader with numerous initiatives in alternative urban transport systems. The Geodesic team brings in experience from large scale projects such as the Mumbai Monorail & TramBus, while the Aufenbach team brings in the necessary technical and innovative toolkits.
Status
We presently have a team focusing on the automotive designs working on developing the from the ground up, and another team working on the proprietary electric infrastructure-assisted propulsion system. With the help of Mr Srinidhi Anantharaman, the CEO of Geodesic Techniques, we have been working with our legal partners on securing the various IPs for the developments made so far.
My Role
I have been leading ERTS as a long-term experimental project. Our work began in 2019 at Aufenbach and we have invested hundreds of hours brainstorming and engineering various design and system aspects. My responsibilities include leading the team, managing relationships with partners, designing concepts, engineering various subsystems such as the proprietary electric propulsion mechanism as well as the sensor arrays, etc.
The Team
The project is now a collaborative effort between Aufenbach, our innovation, design and engineering studio, and Geodesic Techniques, a key industry leader with numerous initiatives in alternative urban transport systems. The Geodesic team brings in experience from large scale projects such as the Mumbai Monorail & TramBus, while the Aufenbach team brings in the necessary technical and innovative toolkits.
Status
We presently have a team focusing on the automotive designs working on developing the from the ground up, and another team working on the proprietary electric infrastructure-assisted propulsion system. With the help of Mr Srinidhi Anantharaman, the CEO of Geodesic Techniques, we have been working with our legal partners on securing the various IPs for the developments made so far.