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02/24/2018 / By Edsel Cook

China’s “megadrone” is world’s first autonomous aerial vehicle, carries passengers at 80 mph during test flights

Automakers dream about driverless cars. Chinese company EHang one-ups them with its one-man flying megadrone, reported The Daily Mail. Footage released by the Chinese drone maker show their EHang 184 “autonomous aerial vehicle” zipping through the air at 80 mph (130 kph) with a live person aboard its sleek cabin. EHang claimed that single and two-seat versions of its […]

02/18/2018 / By Frances Bloomfield

Testing has begun on a self-flying taxi expected to launch in 2020

With Airbus’ autonomous air taxi Vahana having completed its first test flight, humanity is moving one step closer to unmanned aerial vehicle transportation. According to the DailyMail.co.uk, Project Vahana’s Alpha One aircraft took to the skies on January 31 at the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range in Oregon. Originally slated to fly by late 2017, the single-seater, […]

10/01/2017 / By Michelle Simmons

Would you ride in a drone? Self-flying taxi will have parachutes but no driver

From self-driving cars to…self-flying taxis? The advancements in technology around the world continue as the world’s first self-flying taxi was tested in Sept. in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, as reported by The Daily Mail. The unmanned flying vehicle looks and flies similarly to a helicopter, except it is smaller with only two seats and has […]

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