Answering the PodCar critics

PodCars are electric.
PodCars now are electric for marketing reasons, but the PodBuses use internal combustion and PodTaxis of PodDeliverBots can use hybrid. The current weak design is a cost saving method to get the things in the door.

PodCar system require expensive guideways.
They do not. I have covered this in many postings.

PodCars have high infrastructure costs.
No, skyways systms have high infrastructure costs, so do highways and freeways. There is nothing inherent in the PodCar that raises infrastructure costs. Electric vehicle require charging mechanisms. Right, but that does not especially apply to the PodCar. PodCars do not need special electronic guidance in the road. Covered that, PodCars need a green line to follow and PodCars should be aware of people and careful with people. These technologies are everyday practice in the digital realm.

PodCars are too innovative for government. Fine, I can believe that, but all we ask is for government to allow Green Lane markings in certain areas where PodTaxis can be used effectively. PodCars and other automated vehicles work just fine in settings where government is out of the picture. The system cost seems more related to government mismanagement than anyting else.

PodCars encourage crime!
This is unbelievable. Podcars watch with vision and can actally record any criminal act as well as immediately inform the authorities. If anything, the surveillance capability of PodCars would be of more concern. It is likely that PodCars will reduce crime as they watch our neighborhoods without the high cost of police officer wages.

Liability concerns.
Sue the PodCar manufacturer if they cause crashes.

The Rotterdam bus line.
Yes, two of these buses crashed. So, shit happens. These buses are the most primitive of the RoboCars. The system is now up and running.

In short, the complaints are not about PodCars, but about the contradictory demands of public transit. PodCars can be deployed on units of one or two, easily set up and allowed to run their routes with little fanfare, and little input from government, except Green Paint. We need to quit treating them as Green Mass Transit. They are robotic cars and have no reason to be more Green or more Mass than any other car on the road.