Volocopter has unveiled VoloCity, an on-demand air taxi for cities which it claims has a calculated range of 35km and airspeed of 110 km/h.
Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter, says the air taxi is a “result of all the insights we have gathered from our extensive testing programmes over the past years. With the VoloCity we will open the first commercial routes and bring urban air mobility to life.”
The company says the air taxi features aerodynamically shaped rotor beams and a stabiliser to increase safet
The government of Moscow intends to establish an area within the Russian capital that is free from exhaust gases by 2030.
By signing the C40 Green and Healthy Streets Declaration, the city says it will seek to improve public spaces, urban parks and streets, public transport and bicycle infrastructure and buy only electric buses from 2025.
The C40 Climate Leadership Group is a network of cities committed to addressing climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Mark Watts, C40 executive dire
Azure Photonics says its zoom lenses and IR-corrected lenses are optimised for long working distance of 1m~ infinity. The zoom lenses cover different focal lengths ranging from 4-60mm with low distortion and high definition. The IR-corrected lenses are expected to cover 2/3”, 1/1.2” and 1” image circle with the design wavelength of 400-950nm at the resolution of 3MP, 5MP and 10MP. The company says the lenses are suitable for vision applications such as traffic laws and rules enforcement, security, parking
Lime is building on a partnership with Google Maps which it says will allow riders to locate bikes and scooters in 80 cities worldwide.
Last December, Lime launched an initial pilot with Google Maps in 13 cities such as Brisbane, Australia, and Seattle, Washington.
Lime says the estimated costs and arrival times will be visible next to each vehicle to help users better gauge their transportation options.
Riders can view nearby Lime bikes and scooters by tapping the transit icon in Google Maps. Onc
