An elevator that actually goes sideways

Off-topic, who is the narrator? I think I've heard him on another German "corporate presentation" video, and I can hear a slight German accent... And back on-topic, googling to find the details instead of just a flashy video, here's Tom Scott on MULTI: [VIDEO]

It's explained in another video. Those "tracks" are linear motors, with periodic electro magnetic coils. Looks like it will be crazily expensive. [VIDEO]

It is actually in production, here's the working test version in a tower they built just for it, by Tom Scott: [VIDEO] And it has it's first production project in the OVG East Side Tower Berlin (though not yet finished building)

Here's a tour of the system in their test tower by Tom Scott: [VIDEO] And it has it's first production project in the OVG East Side Tower Berlin (though not yet finished building)

Tom Scott did a video[1] on it last summer. They have a working version in a test tower in Germany, but have not installed it in an actual for-public-use building yet and I'm unsure if testing phases have been completed [1]: [VIDEO]

The "new paternoster" is quite a different beast. Tom Scott did a video on it: [VIDEO] I live close to the tower and was really positively surprised how it turned out. Often, an architect's "vision" is far from what it ends up looking, but since this tower got its cladding, it looks spectacular - especially when the sun is low in the early morning or evening hours.

There is also a Tom Scott video about the test tower for the Thyssen Multi, with some more details [VIDEO] It will be interesting to see how it will be used. You really need someone bold enough to design a building around high capacity, 2d elevators. And if the elevators don't work out you have severe problems using the building ... Selling this has to be an uphill battle until it's proven in a few locations.