Improved transportation and payment system

Abstract

A vehicle includes a driver pod, a passenger pod, an electric propulsion system, a power storage device that is rechargeable via at least one of kinetic energy, solar energy, wind energy, or direct input energy. The vehicle also may include a solar charging system, a computer controlled outward facing display and a mining computer adapted to mine cryptocurrency using power from the power storage device. The crypto currency mining computer may be utilized to mine cryptocurrency that may be part of a payment ecosystem including the transportation device. Blockchain may be used to track the cryptocurrency ledger. Cryptocurrency may be earned by the passenger and the driver during a ride and power from the power storage unit may be used to power the mining computer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.