It was inevitable, really, that
car and flying drone would meet. And at
this week’s
Auto Expo India, they did. Renault’s Kwid concept
off-roader
broke cover in
Delhi, and amid the usual show-car flourishes, including
an amusing 1+2+2 seating arrangement, it showed off something entirely
new: a built-in quadcopter drone. Called the Flying Companion, the drone
operates either autonomously, following a pre-programmed flight
sequence, or in manual mode, controlled via a tablet computer inside the
car. According to Renault’s press materials, “The Flying Companion can
be used for a variety of purposes, including scouting traffic, taking
landscape pictures and detecting obstacles on the road ahead.” Renault
states that the diminutive Kwid could be production-ready within two
years – which, from the company that built such oddities as the
Avantime
and Twizy, are words to take seriously. (Photo: Renault)Via: BBC
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