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Remember Terrafugia? Well, it"s had quite the shot in the arm: the entire operation has been bought, lock, stock and carbon-fibre turboprop, by the ever-expanding Geely.So, what does that mean, exactly? Well, two things: one, Terrafugia"s taking on more staff and pressing ahead with its goal of personal flying transport, and two, that Geely sees genuine viability in Terrafugia"s plan to make flying cars flying cars a reality. And Geely"s actually pretty canny when it comes to investments just look what they"ve already done with Volvo, and think about how much you want a V90. And possibly a cashmere rollneck jumper to go with it. So, who and what does Geely actually have a stake in these days? Well, Terrafugia, obviously, but also the London Electric Vehicle Company (nee: London Taxi Company, maker of London cabs), Volvo (and, by extension, Polestar), Lotus, Proton and Lynk & Co. who you"ve likely heard of, as well as countless companies you haven"t. Feel free to correct us on this, if you"ve intimate knowledge of the inner workings of Shanghai Maple or Proper Glory Holding Inc. Canary Wharf-ists would call it a diverse portfolio". If this gives you the impression that Geely"s scrambling for the next big thing in personal transport in an ebullient and boisterous manner, you"re not alone. And, it seems, neither is Geely think about Tesla, Faraday, Google, Uber and any number of others. In search of the silver bullet of personal mobility, they"re pushing out in a million different directions at once and the end results for us are nebulous at best. Like us, you might be wondering: where does the future lie? Autonomy? Electricity? Personal aviation? Hyperloops? Battery-powered bicycles? A system of trebuchets and catch nets? And are any of these technologies mutually exclusive can we have autonomous electric VTOL aeroplanes parked on the roofs of our apartment blocks? Or would that interfere with the trebuchets?
Date written: 17 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10009
Remember Terrafugia? Well, it"s had quite the shot in the arm: the entire operation has been bought, lock, stock and carbon-fibre turboprop, by the ever-expanding Geely.So, what does that mean, exactly? Well, two things: one, Terrafugia"s taking on more staff and pressing ahead with its goal of personal flying transport, and two, that Geely sees genuine viability in Terrafugia"s plan to make flying cars flying cars a reality. And Geely"s actually pretty canny when it comes to investments just look what they"ve already done with Volvo, and think about how much you want a V90. And possibly a cashmere rollneck jumper to go with it. So, who and what does Geely actually have a stake in these days? Well, Terrafugia, obviously, but also the London Electric Vehicle Company (nee: London Taxi Company, maker of London cabs), Volvo (and, by extension, Polestar), Lotus, Proton and Lynk & Co. who you"ve likely heard of, as well as countless companies you haven"t. Feel free to correct us on this, if you"ve intimate knowledge of the inner workings of Shanghai Maple or Proper Glory Holding Inc. Canary Wharf-ists would call it a diverse portfolio". If this gives you the impression that Geely"s scrambling for the next big thing in personal transport in an ebullient and boisterous manner, you"re not alone. And, it seems, neither is Geely think about Tesla, Faraday, Google, Uber and any number of others. In search of the silver bullet of personal mobility, they"re pushing out in a million different directions at once and the end results for us are nebulous at best. Like us, you might be wondering: where does the future lie? Autonomy? Electricity? Personal aviation? Hyperloops? Battery-powered bicycles? A system of trebuchets and catch nets? And are any of these technologies mutually exclusive can we have autonomous electric VTOL aeroplanes parked on the roofs of our apartment blocks? Or would that interfere with the trebuchets?
Date written: 17 Nov 2017
More of this article on the Top gear website
ID: 10009
