Tag: urban
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Volkswagen enters the eVTOL segment with a Flying Tiger
This initial prototype has also been nicknamed the ‘Flying Tiger’ due to its distinctive black and gold livery, which was painted to commemorate its launch in the Year of the Tiger. Volkswagen Group China unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its strategy to explore and break…
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Self-flying: Quadcopter drone market player laying solid foundation for urban air mobility
The autonomous passenger aircrafts of the future can contribute to more efficient transport, particularly in urban areas, and the electric models are a great contribution to the green shift. The autonomous Ehang 216 is paving the way for eVTOL air-taxi flights. EHang, one of the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology…
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Antonio Citterio: ‘A good, truly resilient city is also safe and inclusive’
The architect and designer on how projects in Milan are dissolving boundaries between interior and exterior
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Automotive Technology Meets Aerospace Innovation: Mobi-One Tilt-Wing eVTOL
The latest step towards the commercialization of affordable urban air mobility. Michigan-based Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX), an aviation technology start-up, is re-imagining personal air transportation with MOBi-One – an electric take off and landing, wing-lifted (eVTOL) aircraft. More efficient than a helicopter. Five times faster than driving for the same cost per…
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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 City of Essen is officially the European Green Capital
The City of Essen, which is the only European city to have been awarded the titles Capital of Culture (2010) and European Green Capital, is entering into a green decade in 2017. The City of Essen is officially the European Green Capital. The Lord Mayor of Essen Thomas Kufen launched the title year. The award…