Flying Car
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Volocopter and Geely expect to have an electric flying taxi service up and running in China in the next 3-5 years.
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Toyota-backed flying taxi startup Joby Aviation goes public via SPAC dealJoby Aviation raised $1.6 billion from a SPAC deal to fund development of a fully electric flying taxi service.
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Klein Vision's flying car completes first intercity flight
The concept of a true flying car has taken a major step toward becoming reality.
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Flying taxi startup Lilium to go public via $3.3B SPAC deal
The second flying taxi startup in as many months has announced plans to go public via a SPAC deal.
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In the future, flying taxis could take off and land at urban airports much like this
Hyundai 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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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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Toyota looks to the skies with $394M investment in Joby Aviation VTOL aircraft
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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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 to present an autonomous drone big enough to carry a passenger. Now, Ehang could be on the verge of going public. As first noted by Forbes, Ehang filed IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 31 for an offering of $100 million in American depository shares to be listed...
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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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First market for Volocopter flying taxi might be Singapore
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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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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Step inside the Airbus autonomous drone
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...
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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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