The flying taxi company Kitty Hawk last night launched «Cora», a Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) personal airplane / helicopter drone hybrid that will carry a passenger.
tech.slashdot.org - Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page's autonomous
flying taxi company Kitty Hawk on Tuesday unveiled its «fully electric, self - piloting flying taxi» called Cora.
A flying taxi company backed by Alphabet CEO Larry Page unveils its all - electric autonomous plane that takes off and lands vertically.
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flying taxi companies accepting payments in Bitcoin?
Not exact matches
Other
companies, like Uber, are developing their own electric
flying taxis.
Blade added that Colony will be helping to identify future potential landing sites for eVTOLs, or
flying taxis, which both
companies see as an important foundation for future transportation initiatives.
The on - demand
taxi company made a splash in 2014 when it announced that customers could use its app to order an UberJET to
fly them from Paris to the Cannes Film Festival.
When Uber first announced its crazy - sounding plan to explore «on - demand urban aviation» — essentially a network of
flying taxis that could be hailed via a smartphone app and
flown from rooftop to rooftop — the
company made it clear that it never intended to go it alone.
Business Daily Africa reports that the project will see twelve
companies team up to develop the elements of the city air
taxis, across the
flying cars with Vertical Take - Off and Landing (VTOLs), energy and traffic management infrastructure.
Another
company, Uber plans to start a
flying taxi service in Dubai, Dallas, and Los Angeles as early as 2020.
Even though autonomous
flying taxis are years away, but there's no denying to the fact that a lot of
companies have shown interest to make pilotless air travel a reality.
According to the
company, there will also be an element of developing a community of industry experts who will be engaged to share their knowledge and insights and research as well as getting entrepreneurs in Nairobi to develop connections with manufacturers, real estate developers, and government organizations to help with the improvement and rolling out of the McFly
flying taxis in Nairobi.
For example,
companies such as Tencent and Freigeist are funding Lilium, a German start - up
company, to develop the first all - electrical vertical take - off five - seat
flying taxi.
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So for a public
company like Airbus (market cap $ 76 billion), with all its stockholders and board members, to be invested in a ludicrous - sounding venture like «
flying taxis,» it can't help but feel like we're on the cusp of some major breakthroughs.