Dubai’s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) have announced that they will have driverless flying cars – drones capable of carrying humans – flying within months.
The Ehang 184, an autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) capable of carrying a human that has been developed with Chinese firm Ehang, was unveiled at the World Government Summit in Dubai.
The drones have a touch screen with pre-set destinations and routes that can be selected by a passenger. Journey’s are monitored from a control centre on the ground.
The National reports that Mattar Al Tayer, the director general and chairman of the RTA said, “The AAV exhibited at the summit is not just a model; it is a real version that we have already experimented the vehicle in a flight in Dubai sky. The RTA is making every effort to start the operation of the AAV in July 2017.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8shiw6zY_A
The drones for part of the RTA’s strategy to create self-driving transport as part of a strategy to transform 25 per cent of individual journeys and integrate with public transport.
https://www.thenational.ae/business/aviation/dubai-to-launch-driverless-flying-cars-by-this-summer
