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Dubai’s autonomous flying taxi
Dubai’s autonomous flying taxi will make transportation easier and cheaper.
Dubai being in the front pack of embracing new technology has invented an autonomous flying taxi after having insight from the German made electric volocopter, this autonomous flying taxi is being designed for their use presently. The prototype of the volocopter has a maximum flying time of 30 minutes at 50 kph (31 mph), with a maximum airspeed of 100 kph (62 mph).
“It’s public transportation for everybody, so you can use, you can order it, you can pay for the trip and the trip is not much more expensive than with a car,” said Alexander Zosel, Volocopter’s co-founder. “If you build roads, you build bridges, it’s a huge amount and it’s always much more cheaper to have a system where you don’t need that infrastructure.” The invention of the autonomous flying taxi will make transportation easier and cheaper for both the citizens and the Government in aspect of the construction of roads and bridges.