LAKE NONA, FLORIDA — The town of Lake Nona in Florida is one of the most tech friendly towns in the US, featuring green architecture and high-tech city planning.<br /><br />Now the city council has announced another attention-grabbing project: Lake Nona plans to build the world's first "flying car" taxi hub.<br /><br />Dubbed a "vertiport", the project will be the US's first regional hub for high-speed, electric vertical takeoff and landing — or eVTOL — aircraft.<br /><br />The hub will be designed around an eVTOL craft that looks a bit like a flying car. The craft is currently being developed by German aviation company Lilium.<br /><br />According to its developers, the electric-powered aircraft will be capable of taking off vertically from the vertiport, and reaching a top speed of 300 kilometers per hour.<br /><br />The vertiport is scheduled to be completed in 2025 and will enable passengers to bypass Florida's notoriously congested highways, according to the city council.
