Zee.Aero develop an electric vehicle capable of vertical takeoff and landing, but also flies like a normal airplane.
Page’d been since the founding of the company’s personal money stabbing in the company, under the provided that his involvement would remain secret. Meanwhile he’d more than $ 100 million have invested in the company, reports Bloomberg Thursday on the basis of ten initiates.
The building of Zee.Aero is right next to the headquarters of Google in Mountain View, California. At first it was only the ground floor of the building reserved for the company. The first floor was intended for Page himself, where he kept expensive paintings and had a moving climbing wall.
Upstairs Neighbor
The secrecy even went so far as employees Page refer to as “GUS” , an acronym for “the Guy upstairs” (the upstairs neighbor, ed.). The growth of Zee.Aero the personal level of GUS also to make way for company employees.
However Zee.Aero is not the only flying car where the billionaire money into. Since last year, Page also puts money in Kitty Hawk, which like Zee.Aero is a stone’s throw from Google’s headquarters. At the head of Kitty Hawk is Sebastian Thrun, the creator of Google’s self-driving car.
The exact design where Zee.Aero and Kittyhawk to work is little known. It is possible to see a design in various patents Zee.Aero. It is unclear whether and when the companies want to bring their flying cars on the market.
A patent drawing of Zee.Aero
Aero Mobil
Page is certainly not the only one working on the development of flying cars. In 2014, the first flying car was unveiled to consumers, built by the Slovak startup Aero Mobil. Later, however, the vehicle is crashed during a test. The American company Terrafugia is working on a similar product
See video of the Aero Mobil 3.0:
Aero Mobile 3.0: The first flying car
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