The concept is based on fusing together existing information from other autonomous vehicles a fleet of pods to allow each pod to locally decide the most appropriate action for the group as a whole—similar to how insects and birds currently behave.

This means that pods can highlight any unexpected behaviour to a supervisor, as well as enabling platooning, where vehicles follow each other when possible to minimise the number or individual vehicle movements.

The technology also enables the system automatically adapt its behavior to meet the demand so that Pods can be optimally distributed within a city to the areas where they are most likely requested.