Dubai has conducted its first tests of a Chinese self-driving hover-taxi, the EHang 184, with the aim of launching the vehicle in the region by July. Federal Aviation Administration administrator Michael Huerta was at CES but could not immediately be reached for comment through a spokesman. The autonomous vehicle can travel on a pre-programmed course at 60mph at an altitude of 1,000ft, and contributes to the United Arab Emirates aim to have a quarter of its transport self-driving by 2030. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 26, 2017, with the headline 'UAE launches world's first driverless taxi test'.
Dubai has conducted its first tests of a Chinese self-driving hover-taxi, the EHang 184, with the aim of launching the vehicle in the region by July. The autonomous vehicle can travel on a pre-programmed course at 60mph at an altitude of 1,000ft, and contributes to the United Arab Emirates aim to have a quarter of its transport self-driving by 2030. A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on September 26, 2017, with the headline 'UAE launches world's first driverless taxi test'.