People love the walkable parts of Greenville

JPods improve walkability

Highways harm walkability

We goofed following World War II

Problem: Car-centric Greenville loses money

People cannot afford cars mandated by infrastructure policies:

• Newsweek: Americans Can No Longer Afford Their Cars
• MarketWatch: People could barely afford their cars even before Trump’s auto tariffs. It’s about to get worse.
• CarScoops: Owning A New Car Becoming A Fantasy For Millions Of Americans

Governments cannot afford roads mandated by infrastructure policies:

Lower Costs is why capital wants to invest

JPods cost per passenger-mile:

• 50x less than buses
• 25x less than trains
• 10x less than cars

MassDOT, DOE, AAA data

10X

• Bill Gates investment in Glydways, “When it happens, AVs will change transportation as dramatically as the PC [personal computer] changed office work.”
• Vinod Kosla in Glydways, “People tell me it won’t happen. It will be the principal mode of transit in all cities. Its cheaper than a private car. It’ll be faster than a private chauffeur-driven car. I could go through lots of reasons.”
• Goldman Sachs: “In connection with JPods, LLC, …based on our discussions to date and subject to further due diligence and negotiation of definitive documents, GSAM PCG is interested in providing the financing to support the Project.

Based on contracts cities use to grant Rights of Way use to communications and power networks. www.JPods.com/5x5

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5x5 solar standard:

• Privately funded networks
• Innovators pay for risks
• 5X > more efficient than roads
• Freight railroads are 140X more efficient
• Pay 5% of gross revenues to use public Rights of Ways
• Value produced must exceed costs
• Safer than roads
• 3,000 times safer than roads

Action: Adopt 5x5 Free Market Framework

Letter of High Interest from Goldman Sachs if the 5x5 is adopted.

Objective: JPods funds $5 billion network in Greenville

www.JPods.com/ai

Arena

Costco

JPods US Patent (6,810,817) improvements:

• Robots replace the central computer control system: “A method of controlling a transportation System for moving people, freight, and any combination whereof using a distributed network of intelligent devices without requiring the aid of a human driver”
• Networks are solar-powered: “The method… providing… Solar and wind power generators integrated into the physical Structure of Said transportation System….”

Technology has been known for 53 years

Morgantown PRT (Personal Rapid Transit) opened by President Nixon’s daughter in 1972 was the first network of self-driving cars. Tricia Nixon: “More fun than Disneyland.”

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• Zero injuries vs 1.8 million highway deaths.
• No congestion.
• Congressional study, government “institutional failures” blocked deployment for “four to six decades.”

JPods Team

Fred Payne, Chair, Carolina RIDES+, Greenville County Council, 2006-2018

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Jonathan Metcalf, Leader in emerging markets and new technologies.

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Bill James: West Point, NCAA All-American Wrestler, Infantry veteran, setup factories for Honeywell, wrote Best New High Tech Product of the Year in MN, two tours with Apple. JPods patents.

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Charlie Fletcher, West Point, Commanding General, Army Transportation Command.

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Mike Cassano, U of MN, team that commercialized BitCoin.

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Gordy Israelson, West Point, 6 patents with fuel cells.

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Mike Teske certified 110 major rides for Disney and Universal Studios.

Combine walkable, 5x5 solar, 10x lower costs

5x5 solar standard:

• Privately funded networks
• 5X > more efficient than roads
• Pay 5% of gross revenues to use public Rights of Ways
• Safer than roads
• 3,000 times safer than roads

Fred Payne, 864.884.8899

Bill James, 612.414.4211

www.JPodsSC.com