Flying car from Airbus in 2017

By, 2017-01-23

An artist's impression of Airbus's Vahana concept

Horrific traffic jams could soon become a story to tell to your children. The giant commercial and private aircraft maker Airbus is working on a prototype self-piloted flying car that could be ready before the end of 2017, said a spokesman from Airbus.

We have entered now the experimentation stage, we are taking this development very seriously

"We have entered now the experimentation stage, we are taking this development very seriously," Airbus CEO Tom Enders said at a digital tech conference in Munich earlier this January.

Airbus has a department that is called Urban Air Mobility which is currently testing this invention. Many critiques think that this invention will make a serious changes to the transportation industry, especially that traffic has increased to alarming situations in the last 10 years.

The idea from airbus is very feasible, as airbus is not expecting every person to own one of those flying cars. Instead, Airbus is looking at ideas that are similar to today's ride-hailing schemes. That is, you'd be able to book a personal or multiple-rider aircraft via your mobile to help you fly over traffic congestion below.

The technology must be clean, as the world cannot take any more pollutions. Also a clean invention will help in making it pass governmental policies and regulations.

Airbus certainly isn't the first to tackle the idea of a flying cars. Many companies have been trying to be the pioneers in the flying car but up to this date, no one has succeeded to make a working prototype. Lets wait until the end of 2017 to see if Airbus will be the pioneer in making the first flying car in world.

The good thing about Airbus' idea is that it seems to avoid some of the pitfalls that might otherwise hinder adoption if these vehicles followed a car model. That is, as more of an Uber or taxi, the company would have control over who flies its aircraft, ensuring pilots are experienced, vetted, and not idiots.

While a future of sky Ubers is still a ways off, it will be interesting to see what Airbus, and other flying car makers, eventually come up with in the next couple of years.