People are flying around in these jumbo personal drones in China [VIDEO]

Xeni Jardin 3:11 pm Thu Feb 8, 2018

Between this and Starman's Tesla in space, it's a weird week.

Chinese company Ehang offered a glimpse this week of what could lie ahead, releasing its first video of passengers climbing aboard its autonomous drones and taking off with the push of a button. (…) Ehang says it first managed to carry passengers in its drones back in 2015 and has since racked up at least 40 successful journeys. It hadn't shared footage of the flights publicly until this week.

From the company's video release:

On February 6, EHANG announced that the EHANG 184 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle has achieved a series of manned flight tests carrying one and two passengers, including EHANG CEO and all executives, as well as many Guangzhou government officials.

A Chinese company has released video of passengers climbing aboard its autonomous drones and taking off with the push of a button https://t.co/XUZ1fvcdsN pic.twitter.com/tpGF4VxEUd

— CNN (@CNN) February 8, 2018

[Link, via CNN]

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