Use of drones as Taxis

It’s been a venture for over many years to create a Drone that can carry passengers.

And in 2017 it was reported during the World Government Summit that Dubai was to launch a Drone taxi in July of that year.

The vehicle carried only one passenger weighing up to 100kg, who can select a destination via a touch screen but there were no other controls inside the aircraft.

It was also reported that to become a passenger of the Drone taxi cost an estimated $200,000.

And in August last year it was confirmed that a deal had been struck to create sky lanes for the Drone taxis. The deal was signed between the Roads Transport Authority and the Dubai Air Navigation Services.

The deal was all part of Dubai’s Self-Driving Transport strategy drive.

But Dubai is not the only country demonstrating a futuristic world, South Korea is too, by unveiling a two seater Drone in Seoul last November. The government laid out plans to commercialise air travel by 2025.

At an event held in Han River near Yeouido , a two seat Drone taxi produced by Chinese manufacturer EHang flew over the event for about seven minutes and reached an altitude of over 150ft.

The eVTOL (electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Vehicle) carried a payload of 485Ibs and reached speeds of 80mph.

German manufacturer, Volocopter, also unveiled plans in Singapore to unroll its first electric powered air taxi by 2023. Singapore is at the forefront of plans to launch flying taxis due to the country’s welcoming regulation regime.

However, Singapore will not be the only country to unveil Drone taxis by 2023 as UK city Bristol is also following suit.

Vertical Aerospace received a £2.5million grant to test the feasibility of the project and Bristol Airport will be the base for the Drone taxis

Each air taxi will reportedly have a pilot and apparently up to four passengers.

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