{"id":259185,"date":"2021-06-11T12:23:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T12:23:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/?p=259185"},"modified":"2021-06-15T07:28:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T07:28:29","slug":"40-seat-evtol-drone-bus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/transport\/40-seat-evtol-drone-bus.php","title":{"rendered":"This futuristic 40-seat eVTOL Drone bus will fly New Yorkers to the Hamptons for the price of a train ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nA <a href=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/tag\/New-York\/\">New York<\/a>-based start-up named Kelekona has revealed its plans to disrupt the existing public transport system with a futuristic <a href=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/tag\/Drone\/\">drone<\/a> bus that will be able to transport 40 people. This is proper sci-fi stuff and the company claims the drone bus will be ready by as early as 2024 for its first passenger flight. The electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) craft can also be used as a cargo transporter with the capability of carrying 10,000 pounds of cargo, but Kelekona\u2019s primary aim is to revolutionize mass public transit. We have already seen many start-ups and well-established companies, including <a href=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/travel\/straight-out-of-star-trek-uber-air-skyport-in-santa-clara-which-will-be-used-by-flying-taxis.php\">Uber<\/a>, showcase flying taxi concepts. However, the company\u2019s founder Braeden Kelekona believes catering to smaller passenger capacities and routes risks replicating clogged roadways in the skies.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<style>.embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }<\/style>\n<div class='embed-container'><iframe src='https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/\/dV91vXU4YHk' frameborder='0' allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cWe have a really small airspace in New York,\u201d Kelekona told DigitalTrends. \u201cIt never made sense to us to create a small aircraft that was only able to carry up to six people. You have to have the kind of mass transit we rely on here in the city. It makes sense to try to move as many people as possible in one aircraft, so that we\u2019re not hogging airspace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flying-Drone-Bus-Vtol-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259187\" \/><br \/>\nKelekona initially plans to operate the drone bus on the route between Manhattan and the Hamptons. Reportedly, the flight will take 30 minutes and the company will charge only $85 for a single passenger, which is equal to the train fare on the same route. The company plans on slowly expanding its operations to other regions soon after, which includes London to Paris and Los Angeles to San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flying-Drone-Bus-Vtol-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"433\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-259188\" \/><br \/>\nThe 40-seat drone bus will feature a 3D-printed airframe that will be powered by a total of eight thrust-vectoring fans with variable pitch propellers. Kelekona says what sets the drone bus apart from the rest of the flying taxi concepts is its modular battery pack of connected cells \u201csimilar to the batteries you would see in a Model S, Model 3 Tesla.\u201d Not only will it be more energy-dense as compared to its competitors but also will be replaceable with pre-charged batteries to reduce turn-around time on the ground. \u201cWhat we decided to build is a flying battery,\u201d the founder told DigitalTrends. \u201cWhat that allowed us to do is have greater endurance. Instead of building an interesting airframe and then trying to figure out how to put the battery into that aircraft, we started with the battery first and put things on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flying-Drone-Bus-Vtol-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/luxurylaunches.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Flying-Drone-Bus-Vtol-2-770x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"770\" height=\"381\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-259186\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[Via: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.digitaltrends.com\/features\/flying-drone-bus-vtol\/\">Digital Trends<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New York-based start-up named Kelekona has revealed its plans to disrupt the existing public transport system with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":259189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[7077,6896],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.5 - 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