Boeing, which is already developing flight taxis, announced that it is working with Kitty Hawk Corporation, founded in 2010, to develop another flight taxi. This cooperation is to proceed to cope with the future to promote safe movement in the city.
In a statement released on the Internet, Boeing Vice President Steve Nordlund said that working with companies like Kitty Hawk is to reach Boeing’s goal of making future mobility safer. They also explained that they will share a vision for the ecosystem and safety regulations that support transportation. Details of the two companies’ strategic alliances were not disclosed.
Kitty Hawk made a self-driving electric taxi called Cora, which has been making test flights in New Zealand for a year now. It is said that the flight speed is 177 km/h and the same speed can be achieved at any height if the altitude is between 152 and 914 m.
Sebastian Trun is one of the people who has supported Google X, a research institute affiliated with Google, and is currently the founder and CEO of Kitty Hawk. He has developed exciting new technologies, such as creating robots and taking the lead in Google’s autonomous vehicle project to meet various challenges held at DARPA, the US Advanced Research Projects Agency. He said that Kitty Hawk is where it started to advance flight technology and bring in new technological innovations and is pleased to partner with Boeing to promote the realization of safe electric airplanes.
Cora is a vertical takeoff and landing aircraft VTOL. The main use of this flight taxi is not to convert a vehicle running on the ground into flight, but to carry people only in the sky. It doesn’t mean the realization of a flying taxi right now, but it is clear that it is one step closer to realization. Related information can be found here .