German ride-hailing service Free Now expects air taxis to be available in cities before self-driving cars. Automated vehicles in their own lanes could be an exception, Free Now CEO Marc Berg qualified on Monday during an appearance at the DLD All Stars innovation conference. "But autonomous cars actually picking their way through heavy traffic - that's going to take time." Free Now, a joint venture between BMW and Daimler, also wants to incorporate air taxis into its platform.
The head of air taxi developer Volocopter, Florian Reuter, said at the conference that fully automated flights by the small machines are likely to become widespread in the next five to 10 years.
The DLD (Digital Life Design) conference, hosted by media group Burda, aims to build a bridge between technology, business, and culture. The three-day online event DLD All Stars, which began on Sunday, is a digital version of the annual conferences usually held in Munich.
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