ELAN is an acronym derived from Elektronisch Gesteuertes Automatisches Nahverkehrssystem. So far as is know, this transit technology never got beyond the conceptual and physical modeling stage. Two types of vehicles were designed. Figure 1 and Figure 2 show how people would be accommodated by these vehicles.
Some ride facing forward, others have their backs to the direction of movement.
Figure 3 and Figure 4 show the component modular parts of the vehicles and indicate that they could be easily manufactured and assembled. Figure 5 shows how the seats can be removed and Figure 6 shows how the vehicles can be quickly converted into a cargo-carrying configuration.