PopUp Then, the car takes off attached to the drone

a electric vehicle flying designed by Italdesign in collaboration with Airbus and Audi was presented to Drone Week d & # 39; Amsterdam. He's calling PopUp Nextthat sooner or later, the dream of flying cars could be realized by the many drivers who find themselves stuck in traffic. During the event, he was shown fly a few minutes two-seater ecological vehicle, electric and autonomous, capable of combining air and rail transport. Take-off and landing are done vertically thanks to a four-propeller drone to which the car must be hung.

The flying car project

Italdesign describes the design of the flying car as "a new concept of transport, for an innovative solution to the problems of urban planning and circulation in the big urban centers, which are becoming more and more one of the priority aspects for the protection of our planet".

Already in the past Google and Uber they worked on the development of a private air taxi able to land on rooftops. So, after the automatic cars driving, the flying cars arrive. Despite the continuous advancement of technology, Italians still do not trust autonomous cars (from an Aci studio) and will certainly not trust those who will run in flight rather than on asphalt. Italy does, however, intend to experiment flying cars for health emergencies.

A car that does not put bottles in the traffic would bring huge benefitsbut now that this project could come to fruition, many doubts arise. Specific regulations should be established with specific airways and the consequent removal of architectural barriers, which in this case would be billboards, lamps and cornices. In any case, it can only be completely excluded in a few years futuristic cities of the east there will be flying electric cars.

The Pop.Up Next flying car takes off at the Amsterdam Drone Weekend

The Pop.Up Next vehicle, designed by Italdesign, Audi and Airbus, includes a capsule, a base with wheels and a large drone. a Scale model 1: 4 of the vehicle took off during the presentation at Dronw Week in Amsterdam. The same vehicle was thought of as a urban transport system modular, so it can work both as an autonomous electric car and as a kind of four-bladed helicopter.

The pbadenger capsule has the ability to connect to a kind of zero emission scooter, ensuring mobility in traffic but also a quadricottero which attaches to the roof while flying at a maximum altitude of 3 to 400 meters with a maximum speed of 120 km / h.

Until November 30, at Drone Week in Amsterdam, the Pop.Up Next flight demonstration is scheduled daily. Everything happens in a well-defined area where, at first, the wheeled pbadenger capsule rises to reach the flying module. In a second moment, the same capsule lifts to detach itself from its "motorized skate" in order to hang it on the plane module. In this way, the vehicle it can take off and cross the outdoor arena for about 80 meters. Finally, he lands in a dedicated area where there is a second earth module that must hang the capsule.