The U-Shift. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Center), CC-BY 3.0 Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), the German Aerospace Center, has unveiled the U-Shift, a concept electric vehicle that uses "capsule" add-ons to turn the four-wheeler into different vehicles, like a bus or cargo delivery unit. A prototype version that's the size of a "large van" was unveiled at a conference earlier this month in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The prototype is currently remote-controlled, but its maker plans on making the vehicle autonomous in the future. Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories. Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (DLR), the German Aerospace Center, has unveiled the U-Shift, a concept vehicle with multiple applications, including cargo and human transport.The flexibility of the vehicle is achieved by creating a modular "drive board" with several multi-use "capsule" add-ons.