The electric coke. Red the big bottle and mobility show. How we get from a to b. In the future does air transport stand a chance for. Taxis are an important mode of transport for the future. Or will the dream remain unfulfilled because its more the question is whether this addresses all actual problems getting around used to be tough the desire to transport something as quickly or safely as possible seems to be a primal human instinct but starts to swerve due to a base of action or some other maneuver you need to hit the brakes immediately. How powerful and tell green should modern means of transport beat. Cops is what is up to date transport for me. Saying no no more. But before we kick back its time for. Takeoff. Is this the transport of the future is it Science Fiction or soon to be reality. The forecast is that cities will get bigger and bigger and they already have serious traffic problems today so i get in my air taxi and fly maybe 10 minutes and cover a distance that would take me hours on the ground. Flying over the traffic nice idea that. We believe taxis are an important mode of transport for the future if we cant manage to take off and land safely we wont have any air taxis here. I dont think we should be promoting mobility for elites considering the current scarcity of resources and climate issues to. The discussion of the pros and cons of air taxis is in full swing. And so is the race to develop the aircraft. There is one of 3 German Companies the forefront. Of a startup began experimenting with Drone Technology years ago. This kind of technology socalled multi copters has been around since about the mid 2000 and i found it very exciting right from the start and i thought it probably wont be long before someone comes up with the idea of building a bigger version but that didnt happen so we went ahead and did it. The 1st aircraft we developed was the one with the bouncy ball underneath then we worked with a lot of partners universities and so on to make it more and more professional. The 1st of all the coffee was built in 2017 a lightweight vertical takeoff air. Craft with 18 electric rotors its already flown in cities like dubai in singapore the startup is now a recognized Development Company and is close to receiving commercial certification then production can begin. To take. Off the technology is so strikingly simple that you can build an aircraft with much less effort than a helicopter and. The fact that its also very quiet and emission free with no exhaust fumes gives huge huge advantages. Flying long dream of humankind d scientists like Leonardo Da Vinci lay the groundwork for man flight which 1st took place about 120 years ago. But the dream didnt stop there at 1st flying cars were a mere curiosity. Since then the technology has evolved there are surprisingly many hybrid aircraft combining car and plane but they need a runway. This futuristic creature the. Takes the next step its a compact car until it spreads its wings and rises vertically into the air. Flying cars air taxis. Will in the sky soon be teaming with them like a new class at the 5th element. A lot of news reports mention the film the 5th element or the whole sky is full of aircraft its definitely not going to be like that imagine you have a dedicated takeoff and landing pads and its more like a kind of cable car where they all fly in a row like a string of pearls. Defining routes with designated landing pads for example on high rise buildings like this luxury tower in miami in germany. Central Railway Station is getting a landing pad. Air taxis are being discussed by the German Ministry of transport. We have a keen interest in air taxis being deployed in germany in 2017 we issued a drone ordinance that regulates the operation of a manned aircraft the next step is to introduce regulations tailored to air taxis and. This will be done mainly on a european level. Frankfurt airport is in talks with the European AviationSafety Agency the plan a kind of air bridge between the airport in the greater frankfurt area. And i think. We see great opportunities in air taxi technology but we also believe this cannot be the solution to all our traffic problems but we think its a logical addition to public transport especially in urban areas and we hope as many people as possible will be able to use this mode of transport in the future and. More than 100 Companies Worldwide are blazing the trail Global Players like airbus boeing n 10 cent are investing millions in ambitious projects. The german startup clearly has the vision of flying 300 kilometers and 5 passengers but a low cost mass produced going to the skies is not yet on the horizon. Only the global elites in cities of this world like new york sao paolo shanghai and beijing have money and want to travel fast and so there will be a demand and enough progress there will also be a dynamic demand and its not the question is whether this really addresses the problems we actually have people but it will probably only be a solution to the mobility problem for a small part of the population of people its a kind of elite mobility science and i believe in mobility and that already exists or operates the Helicopter Service and so. It is like new york air taxi simply a more environmentally friendly version. Are they worth all the effort to develop them. I was listening to the timmins on people hole everything that moves into the 3rd dimension needs more energy in purely physical terms to stay up yeah put simply even if the energy is 100 percent renewable it wont be a solution because we need that Renewable Energy which we are making great efforts to produce for ground based traffic and for. Traffic congestion megacities continues to be the greatest challenge with or without Renewable Energy everyone is stuck in traffic jams but even the air space is by no means as empty as air taxi advocates often suggest. As a matter. Of course we are aware the air space capacity just like ground capacity is finite and were already taking that into account in our thinking that we have to make sure the air taxis fit into existing aspace uncontrolled uncontrolled. More and more cargo drones are flying in uncontrolled airspace and someday theyll be autonomous will need to be programmed to ensure they dont collide with manned air texas there is still no comprehensive Traffic Management system that takes into account the entire air space at all levels with manned and unmanned aircraft. Ive been this constant off the charts if all the safety issues havent been dealt with i have great concerns about whether itll work. I dont think the question of societal acceptance has been properly considered at all if we already have problems on the ground people will certainly object to large numbers of drones flying above their heads to be able to plan for. The dream of flying could it turn into a nightmare the technology is ready even if no air taxi is ever stayed in the air for more than a few minutes but do we really want a fleet of air taxis above our heads this question has not yet been answered in fact it hasnt even been properly asked. Could this car be a sensible alternative to the 4 wheeled vehicles of today the opel grand land x. Hybrid 4 features 2 electric motors and a gasoline engine. I love green cars and this opel grandon x. Looks especially good in green and its the most compact s. U. V. Of a german manufacturer. Green stance im not color blind for the environmental friendliness of this plug in hybrid from. The average for is good for commuters and also suitable for longer distances with its 43 liter tank and it shows other people that you are driving birth emissions with this l. E. D. Its lightened up and shows your commitment for the environment. On the inside and x. Looks just like a regular at. The Center Console holds the gears selector for the speed automatic transmission. In for 10 minutes screen displays Important Information on the hybrid drive train. Combustion engine and 2 electric motors one in the front and one in the back normally of the reaction is used but when it gets slippery the front engine is added and this is the most powerful opel because its got 220 kilowatts. Takes the grand land for a little spin in the snow. Slippery roads a new problem for the all wheel drive s. U. V. Insides of the Ground Defense only a little bit from its conventional brothers. 3 points one is the small display in the middle it shows the flow number 2 is the driving mode switch here in the middle you can juice all wheel drive electric spalt and high wrote. Motor on the front axle and the gasoline engine to propel the ground line. Switching to regeneration on demand enabled. One pedal driving that means taking your foot off the gas pedal brings the car to a full stop without breaking. The cooperating energy. Number 3 is the button here in the middle display you can choose some statistic data you can choose the time when the car should be charged for example during the night and very important the east button for the remaining range for example when you want to drive into a low 0 emissions zone. For example the downtown area selecting e. C. Lets him choose how much battery life to reserve for 10 or 20 kilometers on the maps and on the lecture range so you can use it later when needed. Who should use his car for example 80 percent of the people because i dont drive more than 50 kilometers per day and the range of the opal is 59 kilometers so if you charge it overnight which takes about 7 hours you can drive all the time without any emissions. An alternative is to charge the car while youre at work if theres a charging station nearby juicing the battery can be as fast as 2 hours with the optional 7. 00 channel want onboard charger. This plug in hybrid is important not only for the environment but also for opel because it reduces the fleet consumption 95 grams per kilometer allowed the regulation 631 article 10 of 29000. 00 says that each gram more costs 95 euros talk car and this sums up quite nicely for millions sold cars. The plus points of the grand land its substantial on the lecture crane should all wheel drive a minus. The hybrid drive train makes it heavier meaning more fuel consumption and a hefty base price of around 51000. 00 euros but all in all this opel is an intelligent option. Camping in that we start off on strawson been. Nicked us the fault i just. Didnt. Motorized caravans or anything but an unusual sight today over a century since they were emergence except the cars towing them are quite a bit beefier not least a suv ease and pickups with their all wheel drive an awesome engine outputs but the concept goes back to ancient times the invention of the wheel also meant the 1st tractors. Back in asterix time they needed an ox cart to get around. That it wasnt long until the concept of horsepower entered the public arena chariots with the original Sport Utility vehicles. Centuries later inventive minds repurpose the steam engine to get the 1st trains up and running. From you registrations and sales of caravans have been at record levels in recent years. But theres a downside to this kind of upward mobility. The internet has a ton of video showing the devastating results of fishtailing caravans. Setting off with a several ton mobile home when your hitch is no childs play and requires adequate training and preparation. Weve come to the German Automobile clubs driving Safety Center where we meet with driving instructor on shula book he knows the law when it comes to who is actually allowed to tow which trailer. New car lot most likely guess what your license allows you to drive is determined by the weight of the vehicle this combination has a trailer with a 1. 5 ton maximum permissible weight and a telling vehicle with 2. 00 tons of this together they add up to 3. 00 tons so that would require you to have a license allowing you to drive in excess of 3 and a half tons of like off of tons of thought into fruition ok now the number technical requirements for safe towing the thing about what does the maximum hung weight millions and where do i find it odd that the stuff last resort the talking weight is the way to assert it by the trailer on the vehicle hit. Its a vital importance for your driving safety this fonts on in this case the hitch has a ton weight of 100. 00 kilos the last of the and thats ideal for a stable combination that hostile be tickled me not so all that but im going to check that. There. Was no way is to place a jack on to the caravans coupler and put a regular set of scales underneath you then arrange the cargo in the vehicle to produce a ton weight of 100. 00 kilos and if thats what we have a number of things here to help increase driving stability this is an autonomous trailer brake and then gauges the Trailer Service brake and electronically detects instabilities such as swerving. Vonnie back towards an all without any driver intervention at them brakes the trailer to stay. As the vehicle combination. But. If the vehicle starts to swerve due to evasive action or some other maneuver you need to hit the brakes immediately. The trailer braking gauges and celebrates the car and trailer. This reestablishes stability in a speed range that also guarantee is a sound level of safety. Theres quite a range of modern day traction engines in the s. U. V. Segment 1st stop is a high writing wagon the volvo v 90 cross country. I meet optional extra here is a backup camera that helps to hitch a trailer. Maximum topass least 2. 4 tons. Of although doesnt come cheap however with prices in germany starting at 62000. 00 euros. For representing classic s. U. V. S is this a. Ideal for family care of any trips space school or coupled with a very decent 2. 4 tonne towing trailer capacity. Also decent is the price 44000. 00 euros so you can splash out on the caravan. If you want to launch your classic grievous speed boating style look no further than the mosque. With a 275 horsepower diesel this is our most powerful entrant and its 75000 euros also the priciest but it will haul up to 2. 7 tons of pedestrian freight. And that surpassed only by our 2 heavyweights from toyota and. The Jeep Wrangler may have been given a make over but it still has the classic set up the ladder frame chassis. In the rigid axles with sturdy coil springs and solid stabilizers so even with big freight at the back youll be super secure the jeep isnt allowed to tow more than 2. 00 tons but it does come standard with a trailer stabilizer system for 47000 euros. A high lux looks like a workhorse and has stats like 12. And it certainly needs those 110 kilowatts for a towing capacity of 3 tons. In true tractor style. Letter frame and rigid axles this is definitely a case of form follows function. The uli is here is about 40 years old fully loaded and with a full tank it weighs 1. 00 to 1. 00 tons. On the trailer here weighs another 350. 00 kilos for a total of almost 1. 00 tons to get into the water and back out. When its time to launch a retrieve that youll use in the spring or fall the muddy ground can be slippery and this is where all wheel drive comes in handy permanence for on demand. Have no trouble getting this to turn or into the water or fishing it out. So what qualifies as a good towing vehicle a higher curve weight will generally mean a more comfortable ride on the road obviously horsepower is important but even more so is torque and a rear wheel drive is preferable to front wheel. Where weightier trailers road surfaces are involved you cant go wrong with all wheel drive. If you have seriously heavy cargo to tow the Jeep Wrangler could. Be your port of call. Except the latest model has a max pulling capacity just 2 and a half tons almost a 3rd less than its predecessor. So when the going gets tough theres only the toilet a high looks with a towing capacity of just over 3 tons and with a base price of just 26000. 00 euros unlike the rest of our s. U. V. Quintet its the only relatively affordable choice. By the way thanks to modern e. S. P. Systems scenes like this are nowadays largely a thing of the past. 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