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翻译自Is a Flying Car in Your Future?
- 译文如下
你未来将能看到飞行汽车吗？
两周前，我们报道了关于电动飞机和飞行汽车的发展。这个技术带动了商业和个人旅行的变革。
上周，Kitty Hawk和Uber两家公司，宣告他们计划很快将飞行汽车带入现实中。
比你想象的更快，飞行汽车可能在天空出现。想象一下从来不需要担心交通，交通信号灯，和修路。飞行汽车可能去一些地方比通过道路旅行更快。
另一方面，想象一下必须避免无人机和其他的飞行汽车。还有如果当你在天空中的时候电池没电了应该怎么办？还有，你将如何知道在哪儿着陆呢？
Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk是一个由谷歌联合创始人拉里·佩奇支持的初创的技术公司。Kitty Hawk董事长Sebastian Thrun，曾经帮助启动了谷歌无人驾驶汽车项目。
Thrun上周一在推特上宣告Kitty Hawk的飞行汽车计划。
这个汽车是电动式的，并通过八个螺旋叶片驱动。Kitty Hawk希望人们在2017年低就能够买上飞行汽车。
根据Kitty Hawk网站显示，这个汽车将能够以最高40千米每小时的速度航行。它说在美国航空飞行法律下，这样的机器“不需要注册或者飞行许可证，并且可以作为休闲飞行在不拥挤的地方”。截止目前为止，这个汽车仅能飞行在淡水之上。
Kitty Hawk将制作一个有兴趣购买这个飞行汽车的人名单列表。他们必须支付100美元。早期出现在这个名单列表上的人将获得这个汽车最终价格2000美元的减免，Kitty Hawk至今没有宣告这个汽车的价格。
Kitty Hawk预计它的第一个飞行汽车将在今年年底开始售卖。
Uber飞行出租车
在上周会议上，Uber宣告飞行出租车开始携带乘客计划。这个公司预计到2020年，飞行车队将在美国德克萨斯州达拉斯-沃斯和阿拉伯联合酋长国迪拜启动。
不像Kitty Hawk公司，Uber没有计划构建它的飞行汽车。相反的是，它将使用合作伙伴的资源。
跟Kitty Hawk汽车一样，Uber飞行出租车将使用电动能源。
Uber说它的飞行出租车能以最高214千米每小时航行。这个公司说这能将旧金山到加利福尼亚州圣何塞的航行时间从陆上的两小时减少为在空中15分钟。
乘客能够使用Uber应用程序预订飞行出租车去他们的目的地。这个公司至今还没说在空中出租车旅行和道路出租车旅行相比价格有多贵。
- 原文如下
Is a Flying Car in Your Future?
Two weeks ago, we reported about developments with electric planes and flying cars. That technology could bring change to commercial and personal travel.
Last week, two companies, Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality very soon.
Sooner than you think, flying cars may appear in the skies. Imagine never having to worry about traffic, stoplights, or road construction. A flying car could get somewhere much faster than one traveling by road.
On the other hand, imagine having to avoid drones and other flying cars. Also, what if your battery dies when you are in the air? And, how will you know where to land?
Kitty Hawk
Kitty Hawk is a **start-up **tech company supported by Google co-founder, Larry Page. Kitty Hawk president, Sebastian Thrun, helped start Google's self-driving car project.
Thrun announced Kitty Hawk's flying car plans last Monday in a tweet.
The car is electric-powered and moved by eight rotor blades. Kitty Hawk wants people to be able to buy its flying car by the end of 2017.
According to the Kitty Hawk website, the car will be able to travel at speeds up to 40 kilometers an hour. It says under US aviation law such a machine "does not require registration or a pilot's license and may be flown in uncongested areas for recreational purposes." As of now, the car can only be flown over fresh water.
Kitty Hawk is making a list of people interested in buying the flying car. They must pay a deposit of $100. Those who get their names on the list early will receive $2000 off the final cost of the car. However, Kitty Hawk has not yet announced the price.
Kitty Hawk expects its first flying cars will go on sale by the end of this year.
Uber Flying Taxis
At a conference last week, Uber announced plans for flying taxis to begin carrying passengers. The company expects to launch flying fleets in Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas, US and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates by 2020.
Unlike the Kitty Hawk company, Uber does not plan to build its flying cars. Instead, it will use the resources of partner companies.
Like the Kitty Hawk car, Uber flying taxis will use electric power.
Uber says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour. The company said that could reduce the travel time between San Francisco and San Jose, California from 2 hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air.
Riders could use the Uber app to book a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. The company has not yet said how costly air taxi travel would be compared to road taxi travel.
