Dubai’s new flying taxis could be joined in the skies over the city soon.
Vimana is developing an electric-powered, Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, and a blockchain-based control system, which would make fast and reliable city-wide aerial taxis a reality.
Speaking at the Arab Future Cities Summit in Dubai, Vimana CEO and founder Evgeni Borisov, said that the company is proposing a complete ‘Urban Air Mobility’ system (UAM), which would be a turnkey solution to enable cities to launch safe and practical aerial transport.
The multi-component system includes the aerial vehicle, control systems, setup and support, which will operate as an open architecture ecosystem.
The company has also developed a smaller cargo version of the drone, which could carry a 150kg payload up to 1,200km. In a city environment, the AAV would likely be converted to electrical power only, he added, which would reduce the range, but would aim to keep the same speed capabilities.
The project has aimed to be compliant with the parameters laid out in Uber’s ‘Elevate’ concept, which aims to have aerial passenger transport flying by 2020.
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