Italdesign and aircraft manufacturer Airbus are working on a futuristic car whose upper body can be airlifted by a drone and flown above traffic congestion, sources said.

Italdesign will debut a concept for the vehicle at the Geneva auto show on Tuesday, according to people familiar with the matter.

The concept will be for a two-stage car that would cruise city streets. The passenger would sit in a capsule on top of a self-driving chassis. If the vehicle hits traffic congestion, a large drone measuring roughly 5 meters by 5 meters would pick up the capsule and fly it to a destination.

Italdesign first developed a car with an upper body and chassis that could separate with the Capsula concept unveiled at the 1982 Turin auto show. The Capsula had an Alfa Romeo chassis with a cabin on top. There were different upper cabins such as a passenger car, a commercial van or a minibus that could be switched according to what was needed.

The new Italdesign/Airbus concept would be a ground/air vehicle that would offer fast, shared individual mobility in crowded megacities.

Italdesign, Audi's design and engineering subsidiary, is looking to innovative future mobility solutions to increase its engineering and prototype business, as well as to expand its customer base beyond traditional automakers.

The Italdesign project is not related to a flying car project under development by Airbus called Vahana. Airbus plans to test a prototype for a helicopter-style car that would be used for ride-sharing by the end of the year.

Italdesign and Airbus declined to comment for this story.

Last month, Italdesign said it had formed a business division to build limited-edition supercars. The new unit will unveil its first car, a coupe priced at 1.5 million euros ($1.6 million) plus taxes, at the Geneva show.

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http://www.autoreportng.com/2017/03/italdesign-airbus-develop-car-that-can.html

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innovation everyday..

when will my country progress ?

Technology in action

casttlebarbz:
innovation everyday..

when will my country progress ?

our minister of science and technology says we're going to start manufacturing pencils by 2020, be patient my brodaman

Where's Nigeria in the Tech market.

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This is what your country is still celebrating in 2017.

Last year, one minister was proud to as announce that Nigeria will start producing their own PENCIL in 2017.

What a shame! In a country where they can't even get any right, even electricity is a rocket science for them.

Nice one.

RZArecta:
our minister of science and technology says we're going to start manufacturing pencils by 2020, be patient my brodaman

LOL

LOL

which one naija go produce?

Nice onw

Fly above traffic nigerians una dey hear abi no be tomorrow it will turn to airplane bus. U knw we nigerians knows how to abuse things verywell

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Lalasticlala, Seun

Someone whose country is still studying the logistics of manufacturing toothpick...
Your opinion or thought is really inconsequential.
I know you are speaking from a consumer mentality,as typical of your country;but you should appreciate the technology in the car and not the beauty.
It wasn't designed for beauty but ruggedness and buoyancy when disobeying gravity.
If you want a beautiful car,there are so many luxury and private cars like the ones you always post here, you can help yourself with one.

casttlebarbz:
innovation everyday..

when will my country progress ?

No worry about wen e go progress, oyinbo need us very much ooooo, if them wan act movie on slave trade believe me our dear country is gonna to their choice list.

Omo, this car looks rugged and ugly.
This is the type of car needed in Lagos traffic

mehnn

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Lalasticlala, Seun

Oga can i get u one on ur birthday

With time, there will be traffic on air

When this comes into effect, you will start seeing holdup n fly-slow(go-slow wrt road) in the skies. Looking forward to that time in the future.

One mumu was arguing with me when I said we should focus on tech sector more than agric sef.

deolu2000:
When this comes into effect, you will start seeing holdup n fly-slow(go-slow wrt road) in the skies. Looking forward to that time in the future.

That time is now

[quote author=Rapsowdee01 post=54283698]Where's Nigeria in the Tech market. [/quote
Behind America, as shown in your pic!

Na wa! West don go far finish

We are coming up

LorDBolton:
One mumu was arguing with me when I said we should focus on tech sector more than agric sef.

u don't know what u are saying.

yes oooooooooooo

muller101:
u don't know what u are saying.

It's you who doesn't know what you're saying.

When you people hear technology... you only think of cars, generators etc

Do u know how much technology is used in agriculture itself nowadays?

Anyway I won't argue with you... like I said if in 2017 people like u don't know why our forefathers were colonized then who am I to argue with una?

LorDBolton:


It's you who doesn't know what you're saying.

When you people hear technology... you only think of cars, generators etc

Do u know how much technology is used in agriculture itself nowadays?

Anyway I won't argue with you... like I said if in 2017 people like u don't know why our forefathers were colonized then who am I to argue with una?

I don't. Educate me pls. I know u are neither here nor there.