The first vertiport for flying cars opens in Coventry, UK (Photo: Reproduction/Air-One)
The technology that guarantees its functioning flying carseither EVTOL (short for Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing Aircraft), is moving more and more – causing other sectors to start investing in the trend as well. with this the first “Vertiports”,
expression (in English, vertport) Based on the take-off model of these new aircraft. The development, the first of its kind, opened in Coventry, UK, this week. surname Vertiport Air-OneThis is for cars and flying taxis and autonomous delivery drones, among other logistics functions, reports the portal. news.au,
According to Ricky Sandhu, founder of Urban-Air Port, the company that built the space, the inauguration represents a significant step forward for urban aviation. “This marks the beginning of a new era of transportation, with no carbon emissions and no congestion within cities, which will make people healthier, happier and more connected”, they say in a statement.
From project sketch to inauguration, Vertiport’s delivery took 15 months. For Sandhu, the facility is setting a global benchmark as the first airport for EVTOL. He says there are more releases and models ahead with the increase in demand.
There are already plans to install Vertiport in the cities of London, the West Midlands (England) and Los Angeles (United States), as well as Australia, South Korea, France, Germany and Scandinavia.
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