Exclusive photos of flying car ideas from Kittyhawk, Google cofounder Larry Page's failed company

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Take a look at the wildest vehicles designed by Kittyhawk, Google cofounder Larry Page's failed flying-car company

It was a stunning failure for what was once the vanguard of the eVTOLs industryThe company was started in 2015 and explored a range of concepts for eVTOLs over its lifespan. Backed by the bottomless pockets of Google's cofounder, and run by Sebastian Thrun, the"Godfather" of self-driving cars, itBut internally, the company was constantly shifting gears and scrapping long-gestating plans.

However, Flyer had severe limitations: it couldn't run for longer than 20 minutes at a time, it could be flown only over water at a maximum speed of 20 mph, and it lacked a wing.Larry Page's original flying-car venture, Zee Aero, was founded in 2010. Zee was working on a promising flying car concept named Cora, which it continued to developed after Zee was merged into Kittyhawk.

The goal is to one day turn Cora into a flying taxi that would be remotely piloted – and summed to the rider with an app. Progress is still ticking along:

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