Tag: flying vehicles
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Half a tennis court is perfectly sufficient for this new hybrid-electric VTOL/ STOL aircraft to land
Manta by Swiss engineering design and technology company Manta Aircraft is a high-performance hybrid VTOL/STOL aircraft (vertical and short take-off and landing) designed for personal mobility with wide regional range. In order to translate Urban Air Mobility concepts into reality, a number of projects were developed for megacities, all relying on the…
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Who’s ready for the future of racing? Airspeeder is merging an F1 race car with a racing drone
Motorsport evolved: Airspeeder race eVTOL is built for a future international race series. The world no longer demands what traditional motorsport delivers. The future of transport is flight. Airspeeder takes what is dreamed in E-Sports and makes it reality, says Australian aviation firm Alauda Racing, a leading performance flying car manufacturer. Their…
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One of the most enduring symbols of futurism – flying vehicles – may soon become reality
The research collaboration by MVRDV and Airbus will integrate Air Mobility into urban environments. Thanks to advances in computing, materials, and electric propulsion technology, one of the most enduring symbols of futurism – flying cars – may soon become reality. Netherlands-based architecture and urban design practice MVRDV worked with Airbus, Bauhaus Luftfahrt, ETH Zurich,…
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The Terrafugia Transition, the world’s first practical flying car, is announcing new features
Terrafugia presents updates for its two-seat auto and aircraft. As a single vehicle that can fly & drive, it’s designed to kick off the Mobility Revolution. The first production flying vehicles by Terrafugia will come to market in 2019, announced the company at EAA AirVenture 2018 in Oshkosh. Terrafugia announced new features in…
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Pop.up zero emission concept vehicle makes full use of both ground and airspace
How to address the mobility challenges of megacities? Here are some possible answers… With traffic congestion projected to hugely increase by 2030, Airbus x Italdesign decided to combine their engineering expertise to tackle how to best achieve a sustainable, modular and multimodal urban mobility system – giving rise to the Pop.Up concept. Pop.Up is the…