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What's better than Uber or Lift? Flying Taxis! The Future is Now!!

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Drone taxi service – passenger drones We have a question, is it still a  drone  if you are inside of it? Doesn’t that just make it a helicopter? Semantics aside, there is no doubt that passenger drones are coming. We’ve heard of drone taxi services in theory, now let’s see who’s building a flying pod for you. The big race at this stage of the game is to be the first to market.  eHang  was supposed to be one of the first, flying in Dubai, but legal and safety testing have delayed the ambitious start date. This means that the race is still on – let’s see some contenders. Where can I fly today?  Nowhere. As far as publicly accessible drone flights go, there are no active services as of June 2021. Passenger drones Airbus Vahana Boeing PAV Bell Nexus Intel Volocopter E-volo eHang 184 Passenger Drone SureFly KittyHawk Flyer and Cora As you might imagine, there is a lot more to a passenger drone than just making a large scale version of the toys we fly at home. If nothing else, the size of th