Intelligent POD management and transport

A method for transporting a passenger from a first location to a second location, comprising:

• mounting a passenger pod, being an enclosed capsule having a rechargeable battery, and a compartment with seating for the passenger, to a physically separate first transporter vehicle having electric motors for driving the first transporter vehicle, the passenger pod and the first transporter vehicle connected by a separable physical and electrical interface;
• connecting the electric motors in the first transporter vehicle to the rechargeable battery in the passenger pod through the separable physical and electrical interface between the passenger pod and the first transporter vehicle, to power the electric motors by the rechargeable battery in the passenger pod;
• and
• driving the first transporter vehicle with the passenger pod mounted, to a passenger loading position at or near the first location;
• loading the passenger into the passenger pod mounted to the first transporter vehicle at the passenger loading position;
• driving the first transporter vehicle carrying the passenger pod with the passenger from the passenger loading position to a first exchange point;
• exchanging the passenger pod with the passenger inside from the first transporter vehicle to a separate second transporter vehicle at the first exchange point by de-mounting the passenger pod from the first transporter vehicle and then mounting the passenger pod to the second transporter vehicle by a separable physical and electrical interface between the passenger pod and the second transporter vehicle;
• and
• driving the second transporter vehicle carrying the passenger pod and the passenger to the second location.