Developer - Airbus SE
Contributor - Audi AG
airbus.com/en/innovation/zero-emission/urban-air-mobility/cityairbus-nextgen
acubed.airbus.com/projects/vahana
Airbus A³ Vahana on Wikipedia
Developer - Airbus SE
Contributor - Audi AG
airbus.com/en/innovation/zero-emission/urban-air-mobility/cityairbus-nextgen
acubed.airbus.com/projects/vahana
Airbus A³ Vahana on Wikipedia
Flying taxi: Airbus unveils CityAirbus, test flights scheduled to take place in 2017
Published on Aug 22, 2016
SILICON VALLEY, CALIFORNIA — Airbus has announced its development of a flying taxi which aims at solving traffic congestion worldwide.
According to the Airbus website, the electric flying vehicle — currently named the CityAirbus — would resemble a small drone in its basic design.
Test flights will be conducted in enclosed flight corridors at the National University of Singapore in mid-2017. The drones can travel to and from locations on the campus and port.
To be fully autonomous, the CityAirbus will be equipped with a machine vision system that allows it to detect obstacles.
“In a not too distant future, we’ll use our smartphones to book a fully automated flying taxi that will land outside our front door — without any pilot,” Digital Trends quoted Airbus CEO Tom Enders as saying.
Airbus is targeting this product to transport service providers such as Uber. They believe sharing the cost of flying taxi by multiple customers could lower the price to nearly the same as a normal taxi ride.
The company’s innovative branch, A3, based in Silicon Valley, will be leading the project, known as Vahana.
Urban mobility takes shape with Italdesign and Airbus’ Pop.Up
Published on Mar 7, 2017
During the 87th Geneva International Motor Show, Italdesign and Airbus world-premiered Pop.Up, the first modular, fully electric, zero emission concept vehicle system designed to relieve traffic congestion in crowded megacities. Pop.Up envisages a modular system for multi-modal transportation that makes full use of both ground and airspace.
PopUp
Published on Mar 7, 2017
Italdesign and the aerospace industry leader Airbus unveiled Pop.Up, Italdesign and Airbus unveil Pop.Up, a trailblazing modular ground and air passenger concept vehicle system to releive the traffic conjestion in megacities of the future
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