A company called SkyDrive showed its new flying car, the SD-03. The small car could stay about1 to 2 meters above the ground, and fly around for 4 minutes with a driver on board.
They hope that flying cars will be used for short trips in cities in the future. Flying cars can save time and help reach places easily.
With lots of cars flying around, people need new ways to help control the traffic in the air. And it is too difficult for people to control in real time.
Safety is another problem. If flying cars fall from the sky, it will hurt not just the people in the car, but people on the ground, too.
Cars and airplanes had lots of problems at first, too.
Tomohiro Fukuzawa, the CEO of the company, wants the flying cars to be able to fly two people on trips of up to 5 kilometers by 2023. By 2050, he hopes people will be able to fly anywhere inside flying cars in just 10 minutes. He said, "".
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A. With time, these problems have been solved. B. Many countries are studying flying cars. C. But flying cars have some problems, too. D. I think flying cars will be widely used in the future. E. How can the flying cars solve the problems? F. So it's important to make sure the flying cars are big enough. |
