Yes come passenger drones! If you have not yet in Dubai, this summer you could visit it. Starting in July, the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, will allow the use of autonomous passenger drones. So the sky above the city is expected to be filled with a drones taxi that will carry passengers.
H information comes from Mattar al-Tayer, chairman and chief executive of the Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA), who announced his plan at the ongoing World Government Summit.
He did not reveal any further details on whether the drones will be sold or available for rent but what we know is that this plan is part of Dubai's strategy to ease a quarter of all emirate travels, use of stand-alone vehicles until 2030.
To make this happen, the RTA is working with Chinese company Ehang which is said to have the world's first remote-controlled passenger aircraft. The flying vehicle can travel distances of up to 30 miles on a single charging and can carry a person weighing up to 220 kg, as well as a small suitcase.
Η flight carried out by a ground command center.
Ehang introduced the first of its passenger drones last January at CES and received approval to test them in Nevada in August 2016. However, the 184 drone will not carry passengers in the USA until its use is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
So if you want to travel with one autonomous unmanned aircraft, you will have to fly all the way to Dubai.
