圣保羅將推'空中出租車'

The skies over Latin America's largest city are set to witness a futuristic aerospace revolution after the Brazilian airline Gol struck a deal that could see it ferry commuters around Sao Paulo in hundreds of low-cost zero-emission electric air taxis.

拉丁美洲最大城市圣保羅的上空將會見證一場未來主義航空革命。巴西戈爾航空公司日前達成了一項協(xié)議，將用數百架低成本零排放的電動空中的士搭載當地的通勤族。

Domhnal Slattery, chief executive of the Dublin-based firm Avolon, which will provide the aircraft to Gol and recently placed an order for 500 of the aircraft from their British manufacturer, admitted helicopters were the "domain of the ultra wealthy".

向戈爾航空供應空中的士的都柏林公司阿沃隆最近剛從他們的英國生產商那里訂購了500架飛機。阿沃隆的首席執(zhí)行官多姆納爾•斯萊特瑞承認，直升機過去是"超級富豪的專屬"。

But the Avolon boss said the introduction of VA-X4 eVTOLs (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft to Sao Paulo would be a game changer for commuters once the taxis, which look like a futuristic cross between a helicopter and a glider, are delivered in late 2024 or 2025.

但是阿沃隆的首席執(zhí)行官稱，圣保羅引進VA-X4電動垂直起降飛機對通勤族而言將是改天換地的變革。這款未來風格的空中的士外形介于直升機和滑翔機之間，將于2024年底或2025年交付使用。

"Our basic estimate at the moment is that the operating cost here for this aircraft will be the equivalent of $1 per passenger over a 25-mile trip," Slattery told the Financial Times. "We think we can get the cost of this down to the equivalent of an Uber ride, equivalent to downtown Manhattan to JFK."

斯萊特瑞告訴《金融時報》說：“據我們目前粗略估算，這款飛機在圣保羅的運營成本相當于25英里范圍內每名乘客1美元(約合人民幣6元)。我們認為，我們可以把成本壓到和優(yōu)步出租車差不多的水平，相當于從曼哈頓市中心到肯尼迪國際機場的打車費。”