Nairobi has been identified as one of the cities where the ambitious flying cars plan will be launched.
McFly.aero, the firm behind the ambitious project said plans are underway to set up the infrastructure for air taxis service in 23 cities in 13 countries; including Nairobi.
The project will see 12 companies team up to develop the elements of the city air taxis, across the flying cars with Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOLs), energy and traffic management infrastructure.
The project is expected to open new business for entrepreneurs, engineers, drone experts, and manufacturers of hardware and software for the blockchain-powered IOT for the urban air taxi infrastructure.
Nikolay Bezhko, the McFly’s lead community manager said that VTOLs will be driven by auto-pilot to improve safety.
“The VTOL autonomy will be implemented over time as users and regulators become more comfortable with the technology and see statistical proof that autonomy provides greater levels of safety than human pilots,” he said.
In the plan, passengers will be picked up at the nearest helipad or heliport and dropped at the nearest pad to their destination. Fares charged will be $8 (Sh800) per minute, but pricing will depend on the grid’s load.
“Unlike helicopters, the vehicles will be efficient in fuel use, noise and safety,” said Bezhko.
Bezhko said the initial production cost will be $120,000 (Sh12 million) per car, but will drop to $30,000 (Sh3 million ) once they go into mass production.
US (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Pittsburgh), France (Paris), Ukraine (Kiev, Dnepr, Znamenovka), Belarus (Minsk, Vitebsk), Russia (Moscow, Tarusa), India (Srikakulam, Surat), Australia, Japan, Nigeria, Panama, Spain, Mexico, Indonesia, and Nepal are other countries targeted in the take off stage.
Flying taxis can be a great…
Flying taxis can be a great solutions to cities that are struggling with congested roads every day because they save time better than traditional cars and what’s more, flying taxis are environmental-friendly as they have low emissions. Measures should be taken to ensure greater levels of safety in the air taxi service.
Sasa ni corruption…
Sasa ni corruption multiplied.Kina Kirubi,Wanjigi etc wataimba yote.Kabogo,Sonko,Joho,Muthama,Mwau,Wambui,Punjani,Murungaru,Nyaga etc watasafilisa bidhaa(madawa ya kulevya lahishi na haraka.
Ofcourse Nairobi has to b…
Ofcourse Nairobi has to b there coz they know there is bizness n money in the city of Hakuna matata to b made so it’s not favours they r doing to us for Nairobi bin mentioned.Zitakuwa na makanga??800ksh per minute is pure rip off but it’s for the rich mighty n corrupted shitholes leaders.From Nairobi to my home Tigoni is 30minute x 800 so hio ni 24,000 nongorirwo na ngoma ngiriha hio pesa!
Its purely a business…
Its purely a business opportunity.I just read that Nairobi is home to the supper richest of Africa.And spending money on a New tech.gadget like this will be very welcome to them.
This is not a solution to congestion.The rich are already avoiding congested areas by flying to UK, USA,Saudi,and other escape places.Not to mention their maids and drivers are the ones that would be caught in traffic running errands for the BOSS.
Future certainly holds amazing wonders.From Samantha,the never tiring sexual machine/babe,to driver less machines,to…So if machines will infuture do just about every thing for ” homo-sapient what we he do with his time,or himself?I guess start trouble with the neighbor…
The good book says that man used to live 900 years.Wow wont in be nice to have some of us witness these miracle wonders in year 2918.I commission our mitishamba “scientists” to jump on the band wagon of future goodies and come up with a fountain of youth dawa
Who said it takes 30 mins to…
Who said it takes 30 mins to the nearest heliport to Tigoni from Nairobi and it is not 800 per person, kari nyoni? Kwani zita kua zina simama simama kwa stage ndiyo zikue na makanga