Hyundai presents air taxi project

The Future Starts Now

Flying instead of driving: With an air taxi, the South Korean car manufacturer Hyundai is creating a surprise effect at the CES in Las Vegas. The model designated S-A1 is intended to offer space for a pilot and up to four passengers and to connect destinations within a city, for example, the airport and the center. Uber is on board as a strategic partner for the flight taxi.

Hyundai pays special attention to the safety of its flying taxi. The rotors of the helicopter-like vehicle are intended to enable continued flight even if a single-engine fails. A parachute is on board as additional protection. Compared to a conventional helicopter, the air taxi is said to be significantly quieter in operation and therefore able to fly in densely populated areas.

HYUNDAI AIR TAXI FOR THE CROWD

The Hyundai flight taxi is not meant to be a project for the elite, but a means of mass transport. The declared goal of the South Koreans are more than 25,000 air taxis worldwide. If this plan becomes a reality, more Hyundai air taxis would be in the air than commercial planes. Hyundai believes that this vision can become reality in the next few years. They have experience in the manufacture of mass-priced and inexpensive vehicles, and this production expertise will also be used for flying taxis.

Also involved in this project is the mobility service provider Uber, which now has much more to offer than arranging car trips. Under the “Elevate” label, Uber partners with various manufacturers of air taxis to expand its portfolio of car, bicycle and scooter mobility to include airspace. In this partnership, Uber is to contribute the passengers who will be seated in the flight taxis.

There Is No Future Without Fiber!

At a fixed-line forum, Huawei explains that 5G has no basis without fiber. Fiber is the best, maybe the only choice.

The outfitter Huawei has made a clear statement for fiber. Steven Wu, Vice President of Huawei's Carrier Business Group, said at the Broadband World Forum in Amsterdam on October 16, 2019, "Everyone is talking about 5G, and a well-designed fiber-optic network is a foundation for 5G's home broadband service and low latency Fiber is the best, maybe the only choice. "


In the past, Huawei had not been so clear about fiber. The equipment supplier also provides Vectoring, G.fast or Docsis 3.1 hardware and software.

Wu limited, however, that fiber could also Fiber To Curb (FTTC), so merely Vectoring means, but almost exclusively concrete examples of FTTH (Fiber To The Home) from France, China, and the Philippines.

In France, the government wants 9 million households to subsidize the fiber-optic expansion to 50 percent and more. For the government provided 3.3 billion euros.

In China, the motto of network operator China Mobile is "No Fiber, No Future," said Wu. Here Huawei has supported the network operator in a synergy strategy in network expansion. "China Mobile now has 117 million home broadband customers," Wu said.

In the Philippines, Huawei is outfitter to competing network operator Globe Telecom and Smart Communications in the introduction of 5G technology. Here is "an optical network" the basis for the expansion.

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