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Move Over Luxury Cars, Germany Wants to Trial Flying Taxis
- Audi and Airbus join Merkel’s government in Ingolstadt trial
- Airborne taxis ‘a huge opportunity for companies:’ Minister
An Audi pop.up next self driving automobile and passenger drone concept vehicle.
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Germany, land of the no-holds-barred Autobahn, is pushing the next level of transportation: flying cars.
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government signed a letter of intent with executives from Volkswagen’s Audi unit and plane maker Airbus SE to test air taxis in and around the Bavarian city of Ingolstadt.