people pod

noun5

1. •
   A driverless electric car for transporting a single person.

   • Each battery-powered people pod looks a bit like George Jetson's egg-shaped sky-car except for the two well-grounded wheels below. — 2009
2. •
   Any of various cars for carrying a small number of people as part of a public transportation system.

   • If you believe your Sunday papers. the answer is supposed to be "people pods in pneumatic tubes." — 1968
3. •
   A mobile cabin that attaches to an aircraft or helicopter.

   • With a people pod snugged underneath, it can even transport troops. — 1965
4. •
   A bus-like compartment carried by a lift truck, proposed in the late 1950s for transporting people and luggage from the airport terminal to an aircraft.

   • Its concept is as follows: "Passengers are to be transported from the terminal together with baggage in a detachable bus-like compartment called a people pod on a lift truck. — 1956
5. •
   A small chamber for a single person.

   • For what amounts to a transmission tunnel with two people pods, the Viper's cabin is actually quite roomy. — 1993