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Post by plutronus on May 25, 2018 2:38:24 GMT -6
Autonomous flying taxi firm, backed by Google co-founder, unveils first plane In 2016, Alphabet CEO Larry Page invested in Kitty Hawk, which is developing the Cora plane.
By Conner Forrest
March 13, 2018, 6:18 AM PST
* Kitty Hawk, an autonomous flying taxi company backed by Alphabet CEO Larry Page, unveiled its Cora commercial plane.
* Kitty Hawk's Cora is completely autonomous, fully electric, and can travel at speeds of 93 mph.
Kitty Hawk, an autonomous flying taxi firm backed by Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page, unveiled its prototype Cora air taxi on Monday. The plane's launch and test run were showcased in a YouTube video published by Kitty Hawk.
Business travelers are often frequent users of taxis and apps like Uber and Lyft. However, the advent of air taxis—especially with autonomous capabilities—could fundamentally change the way the world sees commuting and business travel forever.
In the video Eric Allison, the vice president of engineering for Cora, explained that the plane is 100% electric, and therefore emissions free. It can take off and land vertically, so it doesn't require a long runway to complete its flights.
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Post by jcurio on May 25, 2018 10:07:04 GMT -6
100 km.
I think that it is important that this vehicle/plane can only do short trips. 🙂. It will be interesting to see how it responds in certain weather conditions.
I’m thinking postive aspects. People still choose to live in small communities that are hard to easily axcess by roads; including places in America (such as Alaska). So it is exciting! Both for pleasure and getting extra things like medical help to a remote location.
That someone does NOT have to be a “pilot”.... is unnerving. You would think that someone that gets inside one of these things would like to be able to fly it if ..... (I only listened to the first part of the video.)
I dont want to immediately jump to the possibilities of people later on mounting guns to the plane, or that our military already has something like this (we do. A bit more “cumbersome”?). 😉
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