Are Flying Cars In Our Future?

Flying cars could be commercially available in 2024, but rules for managing this khung of air traffic are still a concern, said Hugh Martin, chief executive officer of Lacuna Technologies.Some people will be able khổng lồ afford flying cars, but most people will likely still travel on the road in electric vehicles or self-driving cars, he said."Where I think they vì chưng have … an application though, is carrying the freight và packages," Martin said. "I think that's going to lớn be a very big deal."
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Flying cars could be commercially available in 2024, but regulations for managing the new khung of air traffic will be a concern, according to lớn the chief executive officer of a tech company.

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Hugh Martin of Lacuna Technologies, which helps cities create transportation policies, said there's a difference between when cars can fly and when they will be safe và reliable for navigating the skies.


"Depending on who you talk to, I think <2024> could be a time period," he told h3qvn.com's "Squawk Box Asia" on Tuesday.

A number of tự động hóa companies have been developing aerial vehicles. They include Chinese electric oto maker Xpeng & Fiat Chrysler.

Some people will be able khổng lồ afford flying cars, but most will likely still travel on the road in electric vehicles or self-driving cars, he pointed out.

Vehicles that don't have khổng lồ lift off the ground can be safer và are able lớn carry more people, he said.


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"Where I think they vì have … an application though, is carrying the freight and packages," Martin said. "I think that's going khổng lồ be a very big deal."


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Cities are getting "increasingly concerned" about how khổng lồ manage traffic for flying cars in future, Martin added.

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Rules could include where the vehicles will be allowed to lớn take off, land or travel, whether they can fly at any time or only during allocated hours, & how far apart the cars must be from each other.

"That's going khổng lồ take a long time khổng lồ get figured out," he said.

In the U.S., he said the Federal Aviation Administration & NASA are working with drone and air xe taxi providers to consider what air traffic will look lượt thích in future.

"Instead of having one airport per major city, you've … now got thousands of airports scattered around the city," he added.

— h3qvn.com's Arjun Kharpal & Michael Wayland contributed to this report.


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