Dubai starts tests in bid to become first city with flying taxis
Volocopter
The flying taxi developed by German drone firm Volocopter  resembles a small  two-seater helicopter cabin topped by a wide hoop studded with 18 propellers.
 It  was unmanned for  its  maiden test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.
 Volocopter  is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms  each with  its  own science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport that is a cross between a driverless electric car and a short-haul  vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
“Implementation would see you using your smartphone  having an app  and ordering  a Volocopter  to the next voloport near you.  The volocopter  would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination ” CEO Florian Reuter said.
[TGT]resembles a small  two-seater helicopter cabin topped by a wide hoop studded with 18 propellers.
 [TGT]  was unmanned for  its  maiden test run in a ceremony arranged for Dubai Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed.
 [TGT]is in a race with more than a dozen well-funded European and U.S. firms  each with  [TGT]  own science fiction-inspired vision for creating a new form of urban transport that is a cross between a driverless electric car and a short-haul  vertical takeoff-and-landing aircraft.
“Implementation would see you using your smartphone  having an app  and ordering  [TGT]to the next voloport near you.  [TGT]would come and autonomously pick you up and take you to your destination ” CEO Florian Reuter said.