Rolls-Royce enters the battle of "flying taxis" :: Investor.bg

<img src = "https://www.investor.bg/images/photos/0264/0000264833-article3.jpg" alt = "Rolls-Royce is working on a concept of" flying taxi ", whose complete production claims to start at the beginning of the new one decade, CNBC wrote.

The British manufacturer suggested the new Twitter development this weekend before showing the idea of ​​the Farnborough International Airshow vehicle on Monday

Rolls-Royce says it's currently looking for partners to build the hull and develop some of the electronics.

The company said that four or five pbadengers could enter the plane. The movement will run at a maximum speed of 400 kilometers per hour at a distance of about 800 kilometers, according to specifications.

The British engineering company added that takeoff and landing would be vertical. Rob Watson, who heads Rolls-Royce's electrical engineering team, said the project is part of the trend for electric vehicles that "will surely be a revolver."

The company explained that the concept will be suitable for personal and public transport, logistics or military use

The very idea of ​​flying cars is growing rapidly, airlines and technology competing for their transformation into reality. Google's co-founder, Larry Page, Uber's shared travel company, and Airbus, are just three of the companies that have announced that they are working on projects in this field