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China just approved flying taxis – no pilot needed

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78 points JumpCrisscross | 1 comments | 12 Apr 25 18:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.239s | source
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TulliusCicero ◴[12 Apr 25 19:39 UTC] No.43667353[source]▶
> These vehicles are expected to redefine how cities tackle traffic congestion and pollution

Counterpoint: no they're not.

These sorts of very large drones may well become more popular, but they're not gonna become widespread enough to impact traffic congestion. The realistic target is becoming a moderately more popular version of helicopters for the sufficiently affluent.

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whazor ◴[12 Apr 25 20:26 UTC] No.43667677[source]▶
Imagine the perfect city, with lots of green parks, great restaurants with outdoor seating, shops, do you think it should have noisy drones in it? Or a thousand drones?
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1. dzhiurgis ◴[14 Apr 25 08:28 UTC] No.43679230[source]▶
That's what cities are literally are for. Go rural if you are a decel.