System architecture
ATIS moves your vehicle and you together — at 120 mph, on solar energy, under autonomous control. Here is the full round trip: seven steps out to Houston, five back to Dallas.
Concept film
Dallas to Houston, and back again.
Concept visualization of the full out-and-back trip, 7 minutes 49 seconds. Figures shown are design targets, not operating data.
Step 01 / 12
T-24H
Outbound leg · Dallas → Houston
01 · Reserve — T-24H
Reserve
Select a five-minute departure window. Our intelligent queue management engine pre-assigns your lane, staging slot, and cradle before you leave home.
02 · Arrive — T+0:00
Arrive
Your plate is read at 400 meters. Your lane assignment appears on overhead signage before you reach the apron.
03 · Verify — T+0:02
Verify
Dimension and weight verification happens in eight seconds at 5 km/h. You never stop.
04 · Stage — T+0:05
Stage
LED pavement guidance brings you to your slot with ±150 mm stop accuracy. Engine off. For EVs, the charging pantograph deploys.
05 · Secure — T+0:08
Secure
Your cradle arrives. You drive on. A four-point electromagnetic clamp engages in 22 seconds and is verified three independent ways before the system will accept departure.
06 · Transit — T+0:09 → T+2:05
Transit
Linear induction propulsion accelerates the convoy to 120 mph. No engine. No contact. No emissions. Your EV charges to 95% on the way.
07 · Arrive in Houston — T+2:05
Arrive in Houston
Clamps release. You drive off the platform into Houston, in your own car, with your own cargo, 95% charged.
Return leg · Houston → Dallas
08 · Re-enter — R+0:00
Re-enter
Back on the Houston apron, the same plate read at 400 meters and the same overhead lane assignment start the trip home.
09 · Verify & stage — R+0:02
Verify & stage
Dimension and weight checks run again in eight seconds at 5 km/h, then LED pavement guidance walks you to your slot. Engine off; the charging pantograph deploys.
10 · Secure — R+0:08
Secure
Your cradle arrives and the four-point electromagnetic clamp engages in 22 seconds, verified three independent ways before the system accepts departure north.
11 · Transit home — R+0:09 → R+2:05
Transit home
Linear induction pushes the convoy back up to 120 mph on solar power — no engine, no contact, no emissions — and your EV charges to 95% on the way north.
12 · Home in Dallas — R+2:05
Home in Dallas
Clamps release. You drive off the platform into Dallas in your own car: 480 miles round trip, one vehicle, no fuel burned on the line.
Underlying systems
ACIP
Convoy Intelligence
Three-tier autonomous formation control with a 2 ms response loop.
AVSCLVS
Vehicle Securement
Automated four-point clamping with triple-redundant verification.
MLPVSIA
Terminal Loading
24 parallel lanes moving up to 1,600 vehicles per hour.
SIBSCA
Solar Canopy
33.6 MW of integrated bifacial generation above the corridor.
CRLHTRM
Cradle Return
A continuous loop that inspects every cradle on every circuit.
DWCGMP
Weather Response
965 corridor sensing nodes feeding predictive speed governance.
TSCIEVPCS
In-Transit Charging
150 kW pantograph charging while you travel.
XAIATRACE
Explainable Audit
Every autonomous decision recorded in an immutable, reviewable trail.
What each step gives you
Comparison based on design specifications and published I-45 corridor averages.
Safety framework
ATIS is designed for a 10⁻⁹ probability of undetected securement failure — one in a billion. Formal safety properties are specified in signal temporal logic and continuously monitored in operation, with every autonomous decision written to an immutable audit trail.