The revolution of the drones has reached dimensions never imagined, with applications that are not only limited to the filming of images. Although it was one of its best known utilities, this technology is also opening a new era in transportation.
The first day of the taxi has made its first flight in Dubai. The emirate had been considering the modernization of the city for several months with tests of various characteristics. But it was the German drone brand Volocopter that built the model that has a maximum of two passengers in the air of Dubai, thus relieving traffic congestion and, inevitably, pollution. The drone taxi is electric and uses GPS technology to program the route. You can travel for up to 30 minutes; yes, terms 2 hours to recharge.
Source: www.dubai.com/blog
But if something stands out this technology is, in addition to the flight of up to 200 meters of altitude and a speed of 100 kilometers per hour, for the easy accessibility it will have for users. Who wants to access taxi services will only have to request it through an app on his smartphone, and he will immediately go to the meeting. The landing takes place with a sophisticated control of earth to avoid accidents, although the vehicle is flying with a parachute foot.
The first flight was made on September 25, at the time, the day had no passengers. But it is the first autonomous flight, without human monitoring, and the tests have been a success. Therefore, Dubai wants to generalize this transport system within the next 5 years. But the claims go much further. The emirate intends that by 2030 a quarter of its vehicles will be air self-driving.
Source: www.bloomberg.com
It is only a question of time that more countries take this technology and the introduction in the big cities. The tendency of a more ecological and efficient transport is in vogue, although the main intention of the emirate is to reduce the volume of traffic. We are facing the future of transport, which, under all expectations, we have electric vehicles, air or otherwise, as protagonists of the revolution.