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Coventry airport for flying cars and delivery drones takes a step closer
The futuristic project has moved forward and continues to receive government backing
A CGI of the world’s first mobile airport for flying cars and autonomous delivery drones to be launched in Coventry later this year (Image: Urban Air Port / SWNS)
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British labour body, Unite, says proposals by GKN to shutter its plant in the UK Midlands city of Birmingham with the potential loss of 519 jobs, has left the workforce shocked and angry. The union has also raised concerns surrounding the possible loss of skilled production from Britain at the site, which produces drivelines for GKN, but the supplier insists the factory is no longer viable in an increasingly competitive global market. Unite is at the moment highly concerned highly skilled manufacturing jobs could be lost from the UK and transferred to factories in Europe, a Unite spokesman told
NASA has optimistically projected that urban-air mobility in our country alone could generate close to $500 billion in the near-future, but the biggest obstacle to overcome is the obvious lack of any infrastructure, a situation that Urban Air Port hopes to immediately address.
Video of Urban Air-Port Cars need roads. Trains need rails. Planes need airports. eVTOLs will need Urban Air Ports, Urban Air Port Founder and Executive Chairman Ricky Sandhu states in an official press release. Over a hundred years ago, the world’s first commercial flight took off, creating the modern connected world. Urban Air Port will improve connectivity across our cities, boost productivity and help the U.K. to take the lead in a whole new clean global economy. Flying cars used to be a futuristic flight of fancy. Air-One will bring clean urban air transport to the masses and unleash a new airborne world of zero emission mobility.
UK government backs the first electric Urban Air Port in the world
Shane McGlaun - Feb 3, 2021, 6:27am CST
A “Pop-up” airport and charging hub for future electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft, including air taxis and autonomous delivery drones has received backing from the UK government. eVTOL aircraft are expected to be widely used in the future for transporting people and cargo across cities. The new pop up airport is a partnership between Hyundai Motor Group, Coventry City Council, and the UK government.
The new site is known as Air One and is meant to demonstrate the potential for urban air mobility for the UK and worldwide. According to its supporters, Urban Air Port will reduce congestion, reduce air pollution, and help the UK achieve a zero-carbon future. The location could also be integrated with electric vehicles and sustainable public transport.