Imagine this: no more endless traffic jams or grumpy honking. Instead, you gently lift off from your backyard in your sleek personal drone.
Coffee secured, laptop packed, sunglasses on… and off you go – soaring like a modern urban eagle.

Science fiction? Not anymore! Thanks to innovative companies like Ehang, the dream of personal air taxis is much closer than you might think.

But before you start alarming your neighbors mid-takeoff, let’s take a closer look.

What Are Personal Passenger Drones?

The photos show prototypes of personal drones – think giant quadcopters designed for human passengers.
And no, these aren’t tricked-out selfie drones, but fully electric aerial vehicles:

Four (or more) propellers lifting you safely into the skies.
Fully electric drive, meaning clean, quiet flights.
Autonomous or semi-autonomous, so you won’t need to dust off your pilot’s license.

The most famous candidate? The Ehang 184, first presented in 2016 and now finally flying real people during manned test flights.

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