The Chinese manufacturer of drones Ehang presented this week one of the flying machines designed to carry passengers, who hopes to market on a large scale in the future, reported today the official newspaper “China Daily” .
The drone drone, called Ehang 184, has four propellers with characteristic horizontal propellers of such devices, but this time surrounding a cabin for one person.
Presented this week in a hall of electronics in Las Vegas (USA), the apparatus can fly 23 minutes at a speed of up to 100 kilometers per hour, and its battery takes about two hours to charge.
The passenger not you can manually direct the path of the drone, but can request him to travel to a certain destination through an application via mobile phone.
Derrick Xiong, founder of the Chinese firm said they plan to sell the unit to a priced between 200,000 and 300,000 dollars, and stressed its potential usefulness in medical emergencies, tourism, urban transport or assistance in case of natural disasters.
The New Zealand city of Auckland, Xiong said, has already shown interest in use this new means of transport, while in China by now be difficult to implement due to the strict laws of use airspace in the country.
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