Unitsky String Technologies

19 September 2018

Presentation of the high-speed unibus U4-362

The high-speed unibus U4-362 (one of the new transportation modules of SkyWay string transport) was displayed to the public for the first time at the International transport trade fair InnoTrans-2018 held at the Berlin Exhibition Center "Messe Berlin" on September 18-21.
 

The novelty is a six-seat high-speed transport module having unique aerodynamic features close to the theoretical limit: its aerodynamic drag factor is C_x = 0.06. The design speed is 500 km/h with the energy consumption of 0.93 kg/100 passengers × km in fuel equivalent. At 100 km/h speed, this consumption rate is less than 0.1 kg/100 passengers × km. These figures will be a record for a minor high-speed wheeled vehicle.

SkyWay Technologies Co. also presented at InnoTrans-2018 an eighteen-seat unicar, which has passed the full range of tests and certification, designed for urban passenger traffic at speed up to 150 km/h. This vehicle is equipped only with seats; it has an advanced level of comfort and safety. The unicar is the record holder by efficiency in its class: its energy consumption in fuel equivalent is 0.12 kg/100 passengers × km (at 100 km/h speed).

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