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Dubai set to trial electric multicopter for drone taxi service

By Mike Tyler

July 3, 2017 - German startup Volocopter will shuttle passengers in its futuristic, flying taxi in Dubai before the end of the year. Volocopter has signed a deal with Dubai's Road and Transport Authority to begin testing the flying taxi in the fourth-quarter of 2017. The tests will last five years.

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PUBLISHED:03/07/2017; STORY: Graphic News; ADDITIONAL ARTWORK: Other
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