Look, up within the sky – it’s a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic automobile

General Motors Co on Tuesday offered a futuristic flying Cadillac – a self-driving automobile which takes off and lands vertically and carries the passenger above the streets and thru the air.
A senior GM govt described the idea as “reimagining the future of personal transportation”.
The single-passenger Cadillac – technically, a vertical take-off and touchdown (VTOL) drone – will have the ability to journey from city rooftop to city rooftop at speeds as much as 55 miles per hour.
It is absolutely autonomous and all-electric, with a 90kW motor, a GM Ultium battery pack and an ultra-lightweight physique with 4 pairs of rotors.

The flying Cadillac was offered in a video as a part of a digital keynote presentation by Chief Executive Mary Barra, together with a family-friendly Cadillac electrical shuttle.
Barra final 12 months revealed the automaker was exploring such various transportation modes as aerial taxis.
The ideas within the CES video have been launched by GM design chief Mike Simcoe, who described the VTOL as “the Cadillac of urban air mobility”.
“VTOL is key to GM’s vision for a multimodal future,” he stated.
The autonomous Cadillac shuttle, described within the video as “arriving soon,” contains a boxy silhouette that remembers the Cruise Origin, additionally designed by Simcoe’s staff. It options fore and aft sliding doorways and a panoramic glass roof.
The cabin has wraparound lounge-like seating, plus biometric sensors, voice management and hand gesture recognition.
GM declined to reveal additional particulars.
Other automakers, together with Toyota Motor, Hyundai Motor and Geely Automobile, have beforehand have proven idea aerial autos as a part of their future planning.
GM declined to reveal additional particulars.
GM shares have been up 5.8% to $47.62 in early afternoon commerce.