Aircraft manufacturer Airbus has teamed with the design firm Italdesign to create a flying-car concept. Dubbed the Pop.Up, the two-seat city car is a modular concept that consists of a four-wheeled rolling platform, a passenger compartment, and a 14.4-foot-long by 16.4-foot-wide rooftop drone.
If the rolling chassis and rooftop drone are the bread of the Pop.Up, you could consider the carbon-fiber passenger compartment as the meat in the sandwich. Measuring 102.4 inches long and 55.1 inches tall, the passenger module is truly a space for storing two people. Greeting passengers is a giant screen where one would expect a typical dashboard to be. Missing are a steering wheel and/or control stalks, as well as foot pedals. This is because the Pop.Up is a fully autonomous machine that can be summoned via an app that also allows users to book and plan trips.
When situated on the carbon-fiber rolling chassis, the Pop.Up?s 15-kWh battery pack gives the vehicle the ability to travel approximately 80 miles on a full charge. Fortunately, Airbus and Italdesign claim a quick 15-minute charge time. The concept is rated at 80 horsepower, and top speed on the ground is limited to 62 mph.
With the eight-rotor drone attached to the rooftop, though, the Pop.Up can fly up to 62 miles. Eight individual electric motors produce a combined 182 horsepower, and, as on the ground, it tops out at 62 mph. Likewise, charging the rooftop drone?s 70-kWh battery is said to take just 15 minutes.

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