Austrian Technology Minister Norbert Hofer poses in front of Ehang 216, a two-seater autonomous aerial vehicle of drone maker EHang in Vienna, Austria April 4, 2019. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
VIENNA: As carmakers push ahead with self-driving vehicles, an Austrian aerospace company and its Chinese partner showed off their pilot-less "flying taxi" for the first time in Europe on April 4.
The drone's 16 propellers hummed loudly as it rose above the pitch at Vienna's Generali Arena, home to soccer club Austria Wien. The slim plane, which weighs 340kg (750 pounds), circled in the air briefly and came down within a few minutes.
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