Kittyhawk's plan to develop fully autonomous flying taxis has been grounded.
Google co-founder Larry Page in 2010 teamed up with self-driving car pioneer Sebastian Thrun to form Kittyhawk , a startup company with the aim of developing affordable, efficient, fully autonomous aircraft that could be used to transfer passengers across major cities in minutes, instead of hours the same traffic-filled routes would take by car.
Despite some successful test flights with various prototypes over the years, Kittyhawk announced on Wednesday via social media it is winding down. It also said it is evaluating what will happen next, suggesting the company or perhaps its employees will have a new focus at a later date.— Kittyhawk Kittyhawk's main focus was the Heaviside, a model resembling a conventional aeroplane but with rotating propellers to enable vertical take off and landing .
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