New Taxi

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Google co-founder and Alphabet CEO Larry Page's flying taxi company unveiled its autonomous plane called Cora late on Monday. Page's company, Kitty Hawk, has been secretly working in New Zealand, flight testing its two-person, battery-powered flying taxi.

In 2016, Page invested in two flying car start-ups. One of those was Kitty Hawk, which is developing Cora. Kitty Hawk is run by Sebastian Thrun, the former head of Google's early self-driving car program.

Last year, the company released footage of a prototype aircraft that flew over water and was all-electric. However, the early prototype looks nothing like the pictures released yesterday. The new flying taxi looks like a small airplane and has a 36 foot wingspan.

Now the company is pushing forward with making the flying cars a reality. In the video in which Kitty Hawk unveiled Cora, the company said it is working with the New Zealand government to commercialize its air taxis.