MWC: on video the next flying taxi for cities

During Mobile World Congress (MWC) In Barcelona, ​​Spain, where GlobeLiveMedia is located, the prototype of flying taxi which could be released in the year 2025.

GlobeLiveMediawho is present at the event at the Fira de Barcelona, ​​​​​was able to learn that the telecommunications company, SK Telecomis in charge of the project and who developed the aerial vehicle with the American company Joby Aviation.

On the other hand, because the vehicle is electric, it does not generate a great impact on the environment as other vehicles do. aerial vehicles similar to the helicopters.

According to Joby Aviation, the vehicle developed with funds from the Asian country has 6 electric motors They are used to take off and land vertically like a conventional helicopter, except that the propellers generate less noise.

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The specifications of the aerial vehicle They also indicate that it has a capacity of five people, counting a pilot and four occupants at the same time. It is also ensured that the maximum speed is approx. 321.8 kilometers per hourwhich makes it possible to cover an approximate area of 241 kilometers in as little time as possible.

According to the statements of SK Telecom development manager Ha Ming-Yong, it is expected that in the year 2025 These vehicles can be activated and already available to provide their services to the first users in certain areas of UNITED STATES and which can later be extended to other areas.

“If we demonstrate that the service has a quality accepted by the public, the service area can be extended to tourism and other services such as medicine“, according to the representative of the South Korean company to the CNBC chain of the United States.

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In addition to beginning development of the service, including pilots human resources to direct the aircraft’s trajectory, SK Telecom also expects the air taxis using these Vehicles it might be autonomous In the future, it will therefore be necessary to develop new technologies for artificial intelligence which are to be incorporated into vehicles in the following years.

One of the necessary conditions for this will be that each transport unit must have access to a stable connection with nets 5G be able to carry out their activities and flight routes in a controlled and safe manner without having to resort to driving a pilot human, so it could be considered a drone.

Forecasts on the availability of the service in the following decades indicate that, at least by the year 2050, there should already be at least 160,000 electric drones unmanned vehicles that transport service customers between helipads or nearby airports, in addition to generating approximation $90 trillion in the air transport market.

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However, before starting the incorporation process unmanned units, Ha believes that it will first be necessary to gain the trust of the people who could potentially use his services. “Over the next few years, we will have to make sure that the service is secure,” he said in the Mobile World Congress.

Joby Aviation is already manufacturing more units so that the air transport service can be available within the timeframe estimated by the company and ensures that even when this vehicle has a function similar to that of a helicopterthe noise it produces in the air is much less than the aerial vehicles conventional.