{"id":19689,"date":"2017-03-03T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T09:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/?p=19689\/"},"modified":"2017-03-03T11:02:10","modified_gmt":"2017-03-03T10:02:10","slug":"italdesign-and-airbus-are-working-on-the-flying-car","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/autodesignmagazine.com\/en\/2017\/03\/italdesign-and-airbus-are-working-on-the-flying-car\/","title":{"rendered":"ITALDESIGN AND AIRBUS ARE WORKING ON THE FLYING CAR"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italdesign and Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer, are possibly working on a futuristic car whose upper body can be airlifted by a drone to be flown above traffic congestion in crowded urban areas. It\u2019s what Automotive News Europe is reporting (ANE, http:\/\/europe.autonews.com\/article\/20170303\/ANE\/170309922\/italdesign-and-airbus-develop-car-that-can-be-airlifted-above-traffic<\/a>\u00a0). According to ANE sources, a concept for the vehicle would debut at the Geneva auto show on Tuesday. Neither Italdesign or Airbus have confirmed the news at the moment.<\/p>\n

The Italdesign-Airbus project seems to investigate a concept vehicle based on two modules, a self-driving chassis and a passenger capsule on top of. The concept is actually a development of the Capsula concept unveiled by Italdesign at the 1982 Turin auto show. It was based on an Alfa Romeo chassis with a body on top with different upper cabins, allowing to switch from a passenger car to a commercial van or a minibus.<\/p>\n

According to ANE report, the Italdesign project is not related to a flying car project under development by Airbus called Vahana, but it\u2019s rather a ride-sharing vehicle to be used as an alternative to helicopter in highly congested megacities.<\/p>\n

Italdesign, Audi’s design and engineering subsidiary since 2010, continues therefore its research for innovative future mobility solutions while offering engineering and prototype services also to other customers beside the Volkswagen Group.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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