While we were busy seeing car manufacturers and governments around the world trying to switch to electric cars, no one was able to realise a key element of a sci-fi future: the flying car. But it seems that it’s not as far away as we think, but it’s going to be expensive as hell.
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Jul
Jul
The electric flying car is really two innovations in one, and could remain in the realm of fiction alongside the existing batteries. However, using newly developed fast-charging lithium-ion cells, such a four-wheeler could travel up to 80 kilometres.
02
Jul
Jul
At least according to the CEO of Hyundai. At the 2018 Geneva Motor Show, the world’s first car that can fly was unveiled, the brainchild of Dutch company PAL-V. Called Liberty, the vehicle uses a 99 horsepower engine on the ground and a 197 horsepower engine in the air.
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May
May
In Japan, the first air taxis could take off in 2025, in Europe a year earlier, although for the time being they can only carry luggage. The development of urban flying vehicles is at the finishing line. According to a European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) official, commercial services could be launched as early as 2024, starting with autonomous baggage drones.
01
Mar
Mar
Surely many are familiar with Luc Besson’s film The Fifth Element, in which Bruce Willis, who plays Korben Dallas, searches the endless tall skyscrapers, hauling a car-like air taxi to the daily filler. The forms of transport seen in Franco-British sci-fi were once thought to be the minimum smile of dreams in our lives, but the 24 years since the cinema was shown proved to be a breathtaking tale, responsible dreamers of transport technology take work seriously, at least most.
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Feb
Feb
Another automaker has announced that it is entering a market for flying cars that does not yet exist: Volkswagen said on Tuesday that vertical mobility opportunities in China are being explored.