Startup plans to create a worldwide network of flying taxi and cargo drone hubs
The urban air mobility market is on the up, with forecasts predicting it could reach US$1 trillion in the next 20 years. From flying taxis to delivery drones, emerging technologies have the potential to transform how people and goods move around cities, by-passing congested road transport systems by—literally—rising above them.
To date, most of the investment has gone into the development of the vehicles themselves. For example, at Springwise, we have spotted a drone taxi system in China, and an autonomous cargo helicopter. But a lack of ground infrastructure remains a limitation on the mass roll-out of these vehicles (known as ‘eVTOLs’).
To fill this infrastructure gap, UK-based Urban-Air Port intends to build 200 advanced air transport hubs—called ‘vertiports’—around the world. These vertiports will be ultra-compact and rapidly deployable, hosting both manned and un-manned craft. The first vertiport, which will be in Coventry City Centre in the UK, is expected to open for operations in April 2022.
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