Paris has started preparing for the upcoming Olympics season. The 2024 Olympics, is scheduled to be started on the 26th of July. The host country is busy coping with all the probable circumstances that can create hindrances to ensuring the smooth execution of the games. On a similar note, Paris is planning to introduce a new technical invention, the flying taxi, to provide better transportation.
The German company Volocopter is taking the definition of technology to a whole new level. By the time the next Olympics season approaches, the company will be introducing a transportation medium that can change the definition of the modern transport system. The company plans to launch ‘flying taxis’ to provide Parisians with affordable transportation. According to the CEO of the organization, this will be considered a revolutionary movement.
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The 2024 Olympics are at a distance of merely a year. Fans around the world are eagerly waiting to lock their eyes on the upcoming season. At this peak moment, a German aircraft company is introducing an air taxi to provide transportation throughout Paris. Dirk Hoke, the CEO of the company, remarks, ‘It will be a total new experience for the people and in a few years people will take it as a normal transportation‘.
Planning to go to the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris? A "flying taxi" could be your transportation. pic.twitter.com/SbZVzKpi4L
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While giving shape to the dream of air mobility, the company has designed the taxi like a helicopter. With a comparatively smaller size than a helicopter, the air taxi can fly only one passenger at a time. It can fly to 22 miles at the highest speed of 70 mph. With an intention of being one of the prime transport mediums during the Paris Olympics 2024, the company has kept a high aspiration from it.
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Does the flying taxi mean to be helpful to the common folks?
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The brand new invention of the company, Volocopter, is grabbing all the attention of the fans of the 2024 Olympics. At the same time, a question lurks in the mind of everyone if this will be a pocket-friendly ride. Well, the answer is still beneath the gloom of uncertainty. As the company hasn’t yet revealed the fare of the air taxi, the common people couldn’t become certain about their affordability.
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As per the information, the fare will be something between a taxi and a helicopter ride. The flying taxi is introducing a digital booking system and a portable landing area, which are gaining positive views as well. This smart concept of air transportation will hit the spot during the 2024 Olympics to make the transportation medium swifter. Can this invention create a revolution in the future of transportation? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section.
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