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Boeing Completes First Test of Autonomous eVTOL Air-Taxi Prototype

Tuesday, January 29, 2019 at 10:20 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences successfully completed the maiden test flight of its all-electric autonomous passenger air vehicle, demonstrating vertical take-off, hover, and landing.
This marks a significant step towards developing urban eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) air taxi services, a sector Boeing is heavily invested in through its NeXt division.
The vehicle has a 50-mile range and is part of broader efforts that include a heavy-duty cargo drone prototype and Aurora's partnership with Uber for its forthcoming "flying taxi" service.

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