Hydrogen-powered flying vehicle is touted as Southern California traffic tonic
LOS ANGELES - Developers of a multi-rotor hover craft billed as the first flying vehicle to be powered by hydrogen fuel cells unveiled a full-scale model on Wednesday in Southern California, in a show-and-tell that raised some eyebrows but never left the ground.
The company touts the Skai craft as a promising new zero-emissions mode of personal airborne transport ideal for Southern California, a region long plagued by smog and renowned for traffic gridlock of epic proportions. The display model is a replica of the company’s only full-size operational prototype, which is expected to begin remote-controlled test flights soon at the firm’s Massachusetts lab, said Chief Executive Officer Steve Hanvey.“We’re going to get off the ground imminently,” he told Reuters, adding that assembly was completed weeks ago and that initial Federal Aviation Administration certification is pending.
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