CityAirbus, project Vahana, autonomous flying vehicle platform for individual passenger and cargo transport, Airbus Group, Leiden, Netherlands and Blagnac, France

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Developer - Airbus SE (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8017)

Contributor - Audi AG (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8477)

airbus.com/en/innovation/zero-emission/urban-air-mobility/cityairbus-nextgen (https://www.airbus.com/en/innovation/zero-emission/urban-air-mobility/cityairbus-nextgen)

acubed.airbus.com/projects/vahana (https://acubed.airbus.com/projects/vahana)

Airbus A³ Vahana (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airbus_A%C2%B3_Vahana) on Wikipedia

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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.

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Article "Airbus has a secret flying-car project called Vahana (https://www.theverge.com/2016/10/21/13357690/airbus-flying-car-vahana-a-cubed-autonomous-taxi)"

by Andrew J . Hawkins
October 21, 2016

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Article "Vahana: Airbus is developing its own top secret personal flight vehicle (https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/vahana-airbus-developing-its-own-top-secret-personal-flight-vehicle-1587967)"
In Silicon Valley, Airbus is working on its own VTOL one-man personal flying car to hopefully launch in 2020.

by Mary-Ann Russon
October 24, 2016

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Article "Airbus takes a step closer to driverless ‘flying taxis’ (https://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/04/airbus-takes-a-step-closer-with-driverless-flying-taxis.html)"

by David Reid
November 4, 2016

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https://youtu.be/-FseeVy7uvU

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.


https://youtu.be/L0hXsIrvdmw

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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Article "Airbus reveals a modular, self-piloting flying car concept (https://techcrunch.com/2017/03/07/airbus-reveals-a-modular-self-piloting-flying-car-concept)"

by Darrell Etherington
March 7, 2017

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Article "Geneva Motor Show: Airbus Pop.Up aka Vahana - the first flying electric-car concept (https://www.hindustantimes.com/autos/geneva-motor-show-airbus-pop-up-aka-vahana-the-first-flying-electric-car-concept/story-0GQVgwAWxoePTB3HkI9wBJ.html)"

by Gulshankumar Wankar
March 9, 2017

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Article "Airbus reveal the taxi that flies itself (https://www.redbull.com/en/stories/1331848580749/airbus-project-vahana-autonomous-flying-car)"
Could flying cabs be the future of public transport? Airbus think so.

by Phil Barker
March 13, 2017

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https://youtu.be/uy0G208rS0A

Airbus Vahana Flying Taxi

Published on Dec 27, 2017

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Article "Airbus’ autonomous ‘air taxi’ Vahana completes its first test flight (https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961688/airbus-vahana-evtol-first-test-flight)"
Fifty-three seconds of glory

by Andrew J. Hawkins
February 1, 2018

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https://youtu.be/pndkahHOdgA

Vahana first flight

Published on Feb 22, 2018


Out of project Vahana from A^3 by Airbus, this is the video from our first flight. This full-scale aircraft, dubbed AlphaOne, is all electric and self-piloted. During our minute-long flight, the primary battery system used about 8% of its total energy, demonstrating that the vehicle is capable of much more. As our flight test campaign continues, we will be sure to keep you updated. Keep checking vahana.aero for updates on our next rounds of tests, vehicle designs, and visual content.

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https://youtu.be/2LggHhR2kFk

Pop.Up Next 2018

Published on Mar 6, 2018


Pop.Up Next reflects the philosophy driving Italdesign’s 50th anniversary celebrations, anticipating the challenges that the next fifty years will bring. It represents a vision of the potential offered by future technologies, the new concept of transportation and the new solutions for resolving the problems linked to city planning and traffic in large urban centres that are increasingly becoming one of the priority aspects for safeguarding our planet. Next is evidence of the success achieved by Pop.Up over the past year amongst the
main players in the transportation world, the municipalities and institutions worldwide.

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https://youtu.be/HQeqQFWu17k

CityAirbus

Published on Mar 12, 2018


CityAirbus is a multi-passenger, self-piloted battery-powered vertical take-off and landing vehicle designed for urban air mobility. It is designed to carry up to four passengers over congested megacities in a fast, affordable and environmentally friendly way.

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Article "Audi's flying taxi concept takes flight, in miniature form (https://newatlas.com/audi-pop-up-next-demonstrations/57414)"

by Nick Lavars
November 28, 2018

Audi AG (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?8477)

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https://youtu.be/ubFCYly-Oxs

Urban Air Mobility - a reality

Published on Mar 11, 2019


Discover the latest Airbus’ electrical vertical take-off and landing (#eVTOL) demonstrators #Vahana and #CityAirbus which should set the bases for the future of Airbus' eVTOL products.

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https://youtu.be/4ufqwox1MyE

Airbus Urban Mobility

Published on May 14, 2019


At Airbus Urban Mobility, we believe urban air mobility can help us build more liveable cities. It offers a sustainable complement to existing transport systems, and better links cities and regions. As urban transport heads into the sky, sustainable city growth will become possible and loved ones will no longer be so far away.

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https://youtu.be/FEbUktNiy-0

Vahana’s final test flight

Feb 5, 2020


Discover how Vahana—Airbus’ first #eVTOL demonstrator vehicle—took its final flight at the Pendleton UAS range in Oregon, USA nearly four years after the initial design was sketched on a napkin.

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https://youtu.be/kP3U3942jUs

Airbus' Vahana, a pioneer in eVTOL flight

May 13, 2020


Discover the technical specifications of Vahana, Airbus' demonstrator vehicle advancing self-piloted electric VTOL flight.

[Marius Titulescu]

Wow. I love where this is going.
This technology will change the whole industry.
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Marius from cargo transport (https://cargolution.com/transport/)

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https://youtu.be/WCPGlZBcfhk

City Airbus - First full autonomous flight

Jul 31, 2020


Only two buttons to push and the #CityAirbus demonstrator performed its first fully automatic flight: take off, stabilisation in flight and landing.
At the end of August, it will be transferred to Manching for forward flight trials in a secure environment where it can further expand its flight envelope.

CityAirbus is an all-electric, four-seat, multicopter vehicle demonstrator that focuses on advancing remotely piloted electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight.