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WATCH: Dubai dreams of flying cars darting among its skyscrapers

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United Arab Emirates - Dubai is hoping to one day have flying, pilotless taxis darting among its skyscrapers.

Just this week, the city-state in the United Arab Emirates hosted crews from the German company Volocopter, which had an electric, battery-powered two-seat prototype take off and land.

Dubai hopes to have rules in place to govern such aircraft in the next five years.

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The Volocopter's designers envision the electric, battery-powered two-seat helicopters taking off and landing from pads set up across the city.

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The prototype used in Dubai has a maximum flying time of 30 minutes at 50km/h, with a maximum airspeed of 100km/h. Batteries charged in climate-controlled areas near the pads would be swapped in as needed.

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