Another competitor, Airbus, performed the first successful flight of its autonomous flying car in February. The company is working with the government of New Zealand to commercialize its air taxis. Kitty Hawk, an autonomous flying taxi company backed by Alphabet's Larry Page, unveiled its latest commercial plane called Cora in March. Uber, which is partnering with NASA on developing the new UberAIR service, faces competition in the skies. They'll fly 1,000 to 2,000 feet above ground and will be quieter than a helicopter, producing half the noise of a truck driving past a house. Company officials say that will make them safer than choppers, which operate on one rotor. The prototypes look more like drones than helicopters, with four rotors on wings.
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