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– In many of the world’s great cities, becoming a cab driver requires little more than the ability to operate a motor vehicle with modest proficiency. In some—we’re thinking New York City—perhaps not even that. But London is different, with the 23,000 or so cabbies who ply their trade in the British capital all having […]
A new flying car has been unveiled by Google co-founder Larry Page’s Kitty Hawk company. The makers hope it will usher in a new era of self-flying ‘air taxis’ that would work like Uber. The vehicle, named ‘Cora,’ is an electric air taxi designed and built by Kitty Hawk, a California-based company. After eight years […]
Reports surfaced in 2016 that Google co-founder (and now Alphabet CEO) Larry Page had two “flying car” projects in the works, and while we saw the Flyer recreational vehicle unveiled last year, today it’s time to meet Cora. An “air taxi” developed by Page’s Kitty Hawk company, the electric aircraft is intended for use as […]
Did you think Airbus’ Pop.Up flying taxi concept was a little drab? So did Audi. It teamed up with Airbus and Italdesign to unveil Pop.Up Next, a reworked version of the two-seat autonomous vehicle concept. The new version is more stylish than the mostly functional original, and borrows more than a few cues from Audi’s […]
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It’s looking likelier that autonomous taxis are one of the mobility solutions in the coming decades, as self-driving technology takes leaps and bounds to become commonplace. But it’s not just ground traffic that’s to become self-reliant. A number of companies, Uber included, have been developing flying taxis that handle themselves. The justification is a sensible […]
Back in late January, Airbus’ Vahana team successfully flew their autonomous air taxi for the first time. Now, you can finally watch how the drone stayed in the air on its own in the video below the fold. It shows the aircraft hovering around 16 feet above the ground for a few seconds — not […]
Sony definitely isn’t the first name you think of when you’re looking for a ride, but that might change soon in its native Japan. Nikkei has learned that the tech heavyweight is leading an alliance of taxi companies (Checker Cab, Daiwa Motor Transportation, Green Cab, Hinomaru Kotsu and Kokusai Motorcars) in the creation of an […]
Aerospace giant Airbus announced that it had successfully tested Vahana, an autonomous electric flying taxi being developed by its Silicon Valley-based A³ lab. The company said that the VTOL aircraft managed to fly to a height of 16 feet before landing. The test was actually conducted Jan. 31 at the Pendleton UAS Range in Pendleton, Oregon. […]
When Airbus first announced its plans to develop a self-flying taxi, it sounded like a fever dream of a sci-fi fan. Now, the aerospace giant has proven that it wasn’t joking: Airbus’ Vahana team have successfully flown their autonomous air taxi dubbed “Alpha One” for the first time. Sure, it only reached an altitude of […]
