Hyundai and Uber Unveil Autonomous Pods, EVTOL Aircraft, & Hub Ecosystem at CES

Re:Hyundai and Uber Unveil Autonomous Pods, EVTOL Aircraft, ... by CaptainZapp on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:47AM (#22073858)

I don't know about the US, but herearound the sky and what flies there is massively regulated.

And those are regulations you don't want to fuck around with.

You may be, for example, flying over military controlled airspace. I don't see it that anybody can just jump into his flying car and just fuzz around at her or his discretion.

There's a reason why flight plans are filed for every flight.

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Re:Hyundai and Uber Unveil Autonomous Pods, EVTOL Aircraft, ... by ctack on Friday January 17, 2020 @09:17AM (#22074754)

Regulation is something autonomous vehicles will deal with a lot better than human pilots.

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Re:Hyundai and Uber Unveil Autonomous Pods, EVTOL Aircraft, ... by halfjoking on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:51AM (#22076363)

That is Uber's secret sauce - they defeat regulation better than anyone

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Re:Hyundai and Uber Unveil Autonomous Pods, EVTOL Aircraft, ... by raxxorrax on Friday January 17, 2020 @09:26AM (#22074822)

But automating navigation for helicopters is much easier than for cars. At least until every other person has a personal helicopter, but even then the problem is probably much easier to solve.

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