Horizontal, cableless elevators to enter testing in 2016

German tech company ThyssenKrupp envisions a future where self-propelled elevators can travel both horizontally and vertically along skyscrapers. Using linear motor technology similar to that seen in maglev — magnetic levitation — trains, the MULTI elevator system is billed as the first of its kind to operate without cables


Source Article: http://www.theverge.com/2014/12/2/7318585/thyssenkrupp-elevator-ropeless-horizontal