Flying Car
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Joby Aviation will raise $1.6 billion from a SPAC deal to fund development of a fully electric flying taxi service.
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In the future, flying taxis could take off and land at urban airports much like thisHyundai Motor Group is pushing ahead with its plans to develop a flying taxi.
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PAL-V flying car edges closer to reality with road registration
In the race to develop a flying car, Dutch firm PAL-V is among the front runners.
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Klein Vision promises flying car for land and sky
The Air Car from Slovakia's Klein Vision is designed to fly in the air and drive on the ground.
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Toyota-backed flying taxi prototype takes to the skies
A flying taxi startup formed by Toyota engineers has made a major milestone.
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Kitty Hawk gives up on its Flyer single-seat multicopter
Kitty Hawk has dropped the Flyer to focus on faster, more powerful aircraft.
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The future of mobility may be in the skies, with Toyota investing $349 million in Joby Aviation's electric vertical take off and landing aircraft.
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CES: Hyundai to develop flying Uber air taxis for next-gen cities
Hyundai is teaming with Uber to create flying taxis and self-driving pods.
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The incredible flying car: Barrett-Jackson has one on its January docket
The 1954 Taylor Aerocar has logged hundreds of hours in flight and now it's for sale.
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Ehang could become first flying taxi company to go public
As more and more companies leap (pun intended) into the flying taxi race, a Chinese company that first made headlines three years ago could be the first to go public with an initial public offering. The company is Ehang, a drone manufacturer that used the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas...
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Audi and Airbus flying taxi plans put on hold
The news comes just days after Porsche announced it is working with Boeing on a flying taxi.
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Porsche enters flying taxi race with Boeing
Porsche and Boeing are already at work on a concept for a flying taxi.
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Volocopter's flying taxi service could be in operation soon, but with a pilot on board. Fully autonomous flights won't be ready for another 5-10 years, according to a company co-founder.
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Hyundai joins flying taxi race
Hyundai's new air mobility division is led by a NASA veteran of 30 years.
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Volocopter autonomous air taxi demonstrated at Daimler headquarters
Volocopter's autonomous flying taxi service took a major step toward becoming a reality with a successful public test in Germany.
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Volocopter unveils fourth-generation VoloCity autonomous air taxi
The first public test of the Volocopter's new VoloCity will take place in Singapore later this year.
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Google founder's flying car projects links up with Boeing
A flying car company started by one of Google's founders is partnering with Boeing.
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Melbourne picked as first city outside US for Uber Air flying taxi service
Uber hopes to have its flying taxi service in operation by 2023.
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Add Airbus as one of dozens of companies working to bring autonomous flying taxis to life. The company has been working on its prototype Vahana autonomous drone for awhile now, but on Monday the firm revealed the first pictures of the vehicle's cockpit. What's neat is this is actually the second full-scale prototype Vahana. The company previously built what it calls Alpha One, while this model is called Alpha Two. Alpha One will continue to handle flight testing, while engineers and designers work on the interior cockpit and other solutions with Alpha Two. Impressively, Alpha One has...
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Miami will soon be home to world's first flying car skyport
While flying cars aren't expected to arrive anytime soon, one Miami real estate developer is preparing for the future. Even if flying cars never actually show up. Local Miami news station WSVN 7 reported last Friday that a new residential building under construction will feature a flying car...
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Goodyear creates concept tires that can act as propellers for flying cars
If the future does, in fact, include flying cars as a new sort of transportation method, it's best to have equipment that can handle both roads and flight. Goodyear is aiming to solve this problem with a new concept tire it debuted at the 2019 Geneva International Motor Show this week. It's called...
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Boeing successfully completes first test flight for autonomous air vehicle
Boeing has completed the first successful flight of its autonomous passenger air vehicle (PAV) as it looks to compete in a growing space we often call the "flying car" segment. Like so many other machines, Boeing's PAV is a vertical take-off and landing vehicle, or VTOL. The PAV is powered by...
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Former McLaren design boss joins Lilium flying taxi startup
Frank Stephenson shocked many when he stepped down from the lead design role at McLaren in early 2017. It turned out he wanted to apply his design skills in an entirely new segment: flying taxis. The renowned designer, responsible for cars like the McLaren P1 and 650S (and in earlier roles the...
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Audi successfully tests scale model of its flying taxi
In March, Audi showed off the Pop.Up Next concept, a flying taxi vehicle designed in partnership between Italdesign and Airbus. On Tuesday, Audi completed the first public test for the futuristic transportation model. The Pop.Up Next prototype took flight at Drone Week in Amsterdam, though the...
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