Porsche could have its own flying taxis
Porsche could have its own flying taxis
Porsche Flying taxis
The main workhorses of the current motor industry are electric cars and autonomous technology, but many manufacturers are interested in a somewhat less conventional route: flying cars or, rather, flying taxis. The next brand to sign up for the trend could be Porsche, or at least that is taken from the statements of your sales manager.
Detlev von Platen, in declarations to the German half Automobile and as it gathers, to the being asked by the flying taxis, commented that "it would have a lot of sense. If I drive from Zuffenhausen (where the Porsche plant is located) to the Stuttgart airport, I need at least half, and that's if I'm lucky. To arrive flying alone would take me about three and a half minutes. "
Does this mean that Porsche is going to enter the business? The aforementioned German publication points to the possibility following the movement of his sister Volkswagen, which through Italdesign and in collaboration with Airbus presented at the last Geneva Motor Show a two-seater flying car, the Pop.Up.
The industry expects the proliferation of the sector to take place once autonomous technologies are in place to allow flying taxis to act on their own, as they are fully automated. However, Automobilwoche explain that in the case of Porsche, passengers could take control of the vehicle in certain aspects and without having to have a pilot's license since all the main functions would be automated.
Maybe all this sounds like something very far away, but currently there are many companies that are working on prototypes of this style: Terrafugia, eVolo, Volocopter and Lilium Jet, among others. Special mention for the PAL-V Liberty, which will go to the Geneva Motor Show 2018 as a production car, being the first of its kind. Obviously not cheap, and is that the access version (reservation of $ 2,500) costs the change just over 320,000 euros.
The main workhorses of the current motor industry are electric cars and autonomous technology, but many manufacturers are interested in a somewhat less conventional route: flying cars or, rather, flying taxis. The next brand to sign up for the trend could be Porsche, or at least that is taken from the statements of your sales manager.
Detlev von Platen, in declarations to the German half Automobile and as it gathers, to the being asked by the flying taxis, commented that "it would have a lot of sense. If I drive from Zuffenhausen (where the Porsche plant is located) to the Stuttgart airport, I need at least half, and that's if I'm lucky. To arrive flying alone would take me about three and a half minutes. "
Does this mean that Porsche is going to enter the business? The aforementioned German publication points to the possibility following the movement of his sister Volkswagen, which through Italdesign and in collaboration with Airbus presented at the last Geneva Motor Show a two-seater flying car, the Pop.Up.
The industry expects the proliferation of the sector to take place once autonomous technologies are in place to allow flying taxis to act on their own, as they are fully automated. However, Automobilwoche explain that in the case of Porsche, passengers could take control of the vehicle in certain aspects and without having to have a pilot's license since all the main functions would be automated.
Maybe all this sounds like something very far away, but currently there are many companies that are working on prototypes of this style: Terrafugia, eVolo, Volocopter and Lilium Jet, among others. Special mention for the PAL-V Liberty, which will go to the Geneva Motor Show 2018 as a production car, being the first of its kind. Obviously not cheap, and is that the access version (reservation of $ 2,500) costs the change just over 320,000 euros.
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