Airbus surprised with the flying vehicle of the future

For anyone who spends a lot of time commuting to work every day, the idea of doing it in a few minutes is priceless. Can you imagine? No traffic jams, no train delays, no more cold at bus stops - what could be better? About 100 companies that are engaged in the development of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off-and-landing) vehicles promise us all this.

Kot vse kaže bodo leteči taksiji podjetja Airbus lahko kmalu prevažali naokrog prve potnike. Njegovi inženirji so namreč v sodelovanju s številnimi podjetji na tem področju pripravili nadvse zanimiv prototip letečega električnega vozila, ki v tem segmentu predstavlja resno konkurenco. Leteče vozilo CityAirbus NextGen je med delovanjem zelo tiho, saj pri vzletu proizvede le 70 decibelov hrupa, med letenjem pa še manj – zgolj 65 decibelov, kar je precej osupljiv dosežek. 

The Airbus CityAirbus NextGen flying vehicle has a flight autonomy of up to 80 kilometers, and the maximum travel speed is 120 kilometers per hour. The novelty was designed for use in city centers, namely it can provide easy passenger transport or, for example, rapid medical services. Soon, these interesting flying electric vehicles should be tested in practice near us, namely in neighboring Italy. Airbus CityAirbus NextGen will also be tested in Germany, Japan, Norway and many Latin American countries in the next few months.

Kljub temu, da je tehnologija nared, za zdaj še ni znano, kdaj bo leteče vozilo CityAirbus NextGen postalo del našega vsakdana. Proizvodni stroški tovrstnih vozil so namreč še vedno zelo visoki. To posledično pomeni, da bo tudi uporaba električnih letečih vozil za potnike precej draga in omejena – vsaj na začetku.