Firms racing to develop flying cars

Several companies are developing small, personal aircraft, many of them able to take off and land vertically, to beat urban traffic congestion


Uber Elevate: Aurora electric VTOL model tested for planned air taxi service in Texas and Dubai

Liberty
Dutch-designed roadable gyrocopter with extending rotors. Fully certified, first deliveries due 2018

Terrafugia Transition
Road-legal aircraft with folding wings. Production run scheduled for 2019

Lilium
Aerial taxi prototype flight-tested in Germany. Powered by electric jet engines which rotate for vertical or horizontal flight

EHang 184
First aerial taxi service to launch in Dubai in 2017 using fleet of driverless passenger drones

AeroMobil: Slovakia-based startup taking pre-orders for $1.2m flying car, expected to ship by 2020

Kitty Hawk: One-seat ultralight flying vehicle due to launch in 2017. Project backed by Google’s Larry Page

Airbus Pop.Up
Self-driving concept vehicle features two-person pod which links to set of wheels for driving or quadcopter module for air transit

CityHawk: Four-seat VTOL flying car under development, based on Israeli Cormorant drone aircraft, featuring internal rotor blades


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