Larry Page Flying Car

[ad_1] XPeng Aeroht, an affiliate of Chinese electric-vehicle maker XPeng, staged the first public flight of its X2 flying car. XPeng Aeroht, an affiliate of Chinese electric-vehicle maker XPeng Inc., staged the first public flight of its X2 flying car in Dubai this week, displaying a vehicle designed for low-altitude city trips such as sightseeing and medical transportation.XPeng President Brian Gu described the event as a “major step” in the company's exploration of future mobility. The two-seater electric vertical take off and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, has an enclosed cockpit and a carbon fiber structure. It has both manual and autonomous flying modes. “Xpeng X2's public display in Dubai represents a significant milestone for Xpeng Aeroht and the international achievement of flyin...

[ad_1] As the Google billionaire’s Kitty Hawk project winds down, it’s worth remembering that moonshots really are long shots. For a project so ambitious, the announcement about the end of flying-car startup Kitty Hawk Corp. was surprisingly terse. A single post on the company's LinkedIn page on Wednesday stated: “We have made the decision to wind down Kittyhawk. We're still working on the details of what's next.”The news was greeted with surprise by rival companies. Founded in 2010, Kittyhawk figured out early that it needed to make an aircraft as nimble as a car, rather than bolt some wings on an automobile. It helped pioneer a new type of aircraft called eVTOL, or electric vertical takeoff and landing — essentially a cross...

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