Drone Flights?

The Ehang 184 passenger drone

Chinese company Ehang released its first video of passengers riding in their unmanned drone. Similar to the “Space Race”, transportation drones are the new category that countries are racing to explore. The new video suggests the China is advancing more so than the US or Europe.

The drone is different from established air travel like airplanes and helicopters because they still use small electric motors like normal drones. The unmanned drone can cope with a number of different conditions like storm winds and being in low visibility. The Ehang 184 can currently reach speeds up to 80 mph.

As usual, technology has advanced faster than we can regulate it. As of today, there are no rules about passenger drones. There is worry about flying the drones in already populated air space and safe altitudes for the drone to fly.  The drone is currently not available for purchase but Ehang hopes to announce prices and details this summer.

http://money.cnn.com/2018/02/08/technology/ehang-self-flying-drone/index.html

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