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Large cities with traffic congestion problems such as Los Angeles, Dallas-Fort Worth
and Dubai have stepped forward and offered their cooperation to drone aviation innovators.
They want to be the first to welcome and make passenger drone taxis a reality in their cities.
Intel, working with the German company Daimler, has created a two-seat taxi drone that
can be operated without a pilot. It runs on electricity and can fly for 30 minutes.
It is called the Volocopter. It already has a permit to fly in Germany and hopes to be in Dubai
shortly.
Uber, in partnership with NASA, is developing “vertical take-off and landing” vehicles.
They plan to be operational in 2021 and are currently working with city officials and
real estate firms in Los Angeles and Dalls to find possible takeoff and landing locations.
Airbus has plans to unveil a 4 passenger model by the year 2023. Their version would be operated
by a pilot to start and then later phased out once the idea of a taxi drone catches on.
These commuter, passenger drones will come with lots of commuter comforts such as video
calling,
Once these innovative companies solve all the technical challenges presented by
autonomous passenger drones, there are still hurdles to overcome when it comes to air traffic
control,
regulators and legislation before we will witness a surge of them taking flight.
Uber is already trying to tackle some of these issues. As part of its partnership with NASA,
need to work through licensing, zoning and noise pollution concerns and other industries
such as insurance, will need to determine how they will incorporate passenger drones
As someone who lives in the Los Angeles area, I can tell you firsthand that I will readily
I am Gary Vernier and this has been a Pascual Bravo English documentary.
Until next time, good luck with English.