The American company Kitty Hawk, whose investors include Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page, conducted tests of an unmanned air taxi in New Zealand. about this . writes The New York Times

This could lead to the emergence of a network of flying taxis in New Zealand within three years, the newspaper notes. The development of this taxi took almost eight years, according to the Kitty Hawk website.

Kitty Hawk's self-driving taxi is called Cora. It looks like a prototype airplane. Cora is electric and can reach a speed of 150 km/h, with a flight range of 100 km, notes CNBC. Plus, this taxi takes off and lands vertically, so it doesn't need a runway. The project fits into New Zealand's ambition to cut emissions to zero by 2050, adds Megan Woods, the country's Minister for Research, Science and Innovation.

Internet startups have a lot of investment, but investments of a different kind are needed to solve real life problems, Page said in an interview in 2012. He dreams of radically changing the transport industry, Bloomberg noted.

Self-driving taxi Cora /Kitty Hawk

The Google co-founder's company tested a flying taxi