Boeing's flying car makes its first flight outdoors

SÃO PAULO – The Boeing Flying Car successfully completed its first outdoor test flight on Tuesday (22). This feat marks the beginning of a new phase of urban transport.

The model is designed to carry pbadengers in crowded streets and away from skyscrapers.

A prototype vehicle made a controlled take-off, flight and landing during testing in Manbadas, Virginia, the United States, according to a statement released on Wednesday (23). The electric model is designed to perform fully autonomous flights up to 80 km.

The Chicago-based aircraft manufacturer and its rival Airbus are among the companies vying to develop ideas for flying cars and rifle drones in the hope that these new products will create the new era of the aerospace industry . ] Boeing started prototyping after acquiring Aurora Flight Sciences in 2017, whose projects include a new Flying Taxi in partnership with Uber.

Boeing's urban mobility group, the Boeing NeXt, hired Aurora to design and develop the prototype. The company did not confirm it was the model developed for Uber.

NeXt's portfolio also includes a fully electric aerial vehicle, designed to withstand up to 220 kg (500 pounds), which made its first domestic flight last year and which needs to be tested at This year.

19659005] Other companies have also made good progress in their mission to market flying cars. ³ Vahana, a prototype of the Airbus-powered electric take-off and take-off car in Silicon Valley, made its first test flight year-round last. Intel and EHang are also testing their flying vehicles.

Morgan Stanley badysts, according to their most optimistic estimates, predict that this technology could potentially bring the aerospace industry $ 2,900 billion by 2040. According to the most pessimistic view, values ​​could reach about $ 615 billion

. It is not yet known when the Boeing flying vehicle will reach the mainstream, but these successful outdoor trials are already a breakthrough in the industry. The company has announced that it will continue to perform a number of tests to improve the safety and reliability of aircraft.

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