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Blake, Wm. Dante and Statius Sleeping with Virgil Watching. 1824.

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A design team has proposed the “Swift Pod,” a futuristic autonomous vehicle that drives passengers while they’re asleep. In practice, it could be booked like a taxi, navigating the optimal route to the destination without a driver.

The vehicle offers a hotel-like cabin, providing a spacious interior for up to two passengers who can either sit upright using foldable desks or lie down in beds. It comes equipped with an in-house media system, onboard food and beverage service, and luggage storage under the beds or seats.

Peter Stulz, designer: “Our design team has always been fascinated by night trains and waking up at one’s destination after a decent sleep. We were looking for sustainable ways to travel, and since night trains were struggling to run cost-efficiently, we conceived an idea to fill that gap in the field of individual and autonomous transport.”