Dubai again 計画（する）s for 飛行機で行くing taxi 離陸／出発, this time by 2026
DUBAI, 部隊d Arab 首長国s (AP) - Dubai again is planning for the 離陸／出発 of 飛行機で行くing taxis in this futuristic city-明言する／公表する on the Arabian 半島, 申し込む／申し出ing its firmest 詳細（に述べる）s yet Monday for a 誓約（する）d 開始する，打ち上げる by 2026.
Since 2017, the 商業の 資本／首都 of the 部隊d Arab 首長国s has 申し込む／申し出d 約束s to 開始する，打ち上げる 飛行機で行くing taxis in the city already home to the world's tallest building and other architectural wonders. A 一連の different types and companies have cycled through those 約束s 同様に, most timed to be 含むd at Dubai's 年次の World 政府 首脳会議, which saw this year's 版 begin Monday.
Dubai's 支配者, Sheikh Mohammed 貯蔵所 Rashid Al Maktoum, 発表するd the 再発進するd 飛行機で行くing taxi program on Twitter Sunday. This time, Dubai 最高潮の場面d the six-rotor electric 飛行機で行くing taxi made by Joby 航空 of Santa Cruz, California, in the 宣伝の ビデオ.
The 傾向 of Joby 航空, rather than the Chinese-made EHang 184 and XPeng X2 or the German-made electric Volocopter all 以前 陳列する，発揮するd in Dubai, wasn't explained by Emirati 公式の／役人s. Joby 航空機 featured at a stand at the World 政府 首脳会議 on Monday.
"We´re excited about the 適切な時期 and 活発に 調査するing the 可能性," said Oliver Walker-Jones, a 広報担当者 for Joby 航空.
Ahmed Bahrozyan, an 公式の／役人 in the 首長国´s Roads and 輸送（する） 当局, 類似して told the 明言する／公表する-owned Dubai 注目する，もくろむ 無線で通信する 駅／配置する on Mond ay that "it´s 早期に days" for the 計画（する）.
A man experiences a 運動ing simulator of a 飛行機で行くing taxi at the Dubai Roads and Transportation 当局's stand during the World 政府 SummitWLD in Dubai, 部隊d Arab 首長国s, Monday, Feb 13, 2023. Dubai again is planning for the 離陸／出発 of 飛行機で行くing taxis in this futuristic city-明言する／公表する on the Arabian 半島, 申し込む／申し出ing its firmest 詳細（に述べる）s yet Monday for a 誓約（する）d 開始する，打ち上げる by 2026. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)
"We 港／避難所´t yet 調印するd with any partners yet," he said.
Another difference in this year's 約束 on 飛行機で行くing taxis is the 解放（する） of 明確な／細部s about the program. The city 計画（する）s four "vertiports" by Dubai International Airport, the world´s busiest for international travel, downtown Dubai, the manmade Palm Jumeirah 群島 and Dubai Marina. Those points will 含む two 開始する，打ち上げるing pads and four 非難する points for the 飛行機で行くing taxis.
"We believe those are attractive areas with 商売／仕事 中心s and tourist 中心s that could 生成する かなりの 需要・要求する," Bahrozyan said.
The pricing for the 飛行機で行くing taxis "will be in the 範囲 of a リムジン service in Dubai, maybe わずかに higher," Bahrozyan said. The RTA 述べるs limo services 率s as "at least 30% higher than taxi fares" in the city. Taxis have a 最小限 fare of around $3.25 and 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 $0.50 a キロメーター.
Another 出発 from earlier 計画（する）s 含む the RTA planning to have 操縦するd 飛行機で行くing taxis at first, rather than 自治権のある ones as 以前 discussed. Dubai 公式の／役人s 述べるd the taxi as having a 操縦する with four seats for 乗客s on board, which match Joby's electric 飛行機で行くing taxi. However, Bahrozyan said 実験（する）s would continue with 自治権のある 飛行機で行くing taxis 同様に.
The Joby 原型 can 飛行機で行く over 240 キロメーターs (150 miles) before needing a 告発（する），告訴（する）／料金 - something which would put Abu Dhabi and other areas of the country within 範囲. It takes off and lands vertically, while its rotors 攻撃する 今後 in flight. It has a 最大限 速度(を上げる） of 320 kph (200 mph).
Joby Avation Inc., which is 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）d on the New York 在庫／株 交流, was at $4.20 a 株 before 貿易（する）ing Monday. Its major 株主s 含む Intel Corp., while Atlanta-based Delta 空気／公表する Lines also has 投資するd.
The ビデオ 地位，任命するd by Sheikh Mohammed's Twitter account also 含むd the logo of London-based Skyports 組織／基盤／下部構造, which also 言及するs to its support 事業／計画（する）s as "vertiports." The company already is 実験（する）ing its "vertiport" model outside of Paris and is working with Joby. Skyports did not すぐに 答える／応じる to a request for comment.
開始 the skies to 飛行機で行くing taxis would 追加する to the "Blade 走者" skyline of Dubai, while also 緩和 the real-world grind of daily traffic that´s only より悪くするing as its 全住民 にわか景気s to over 3.5 million people.
急ぐ hour on Sheikh Zayed Road, a dozen-小道／航路 artery running 負かす／撃墜する the length of the Dubai, 補欠／交替の／交替するs between dense gridlock and sports-car slalom. Over 1.8 million Dubai-登録（する）d 乗り物s ply its roads, not counting those （人が）群がるing in from the 部隊d Arab 首長国s´ six other sheikhdoms.
There´s also the 願望（する） to move away from 炭素-belching ガソリン and ディーゼル 乗り物s as the UAE will host the 近づいている 国際連合 COP28 気候 会談 later this year. That´s even as the 首長国s hopes to 拡大する its 生産／産物 of 天然のまま oil ahead of a 約束d "炭素-中立の" 未来 by 2050. 一方／合間, Dubai hopes to have a ４半期/4分の1 of all cars on its roads be driverless by 2030.
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