Zee.Aero’s owner Page is a startup at the Silicon Valley that is located next to the headquarters of Google. It is said that presently they are working on an airplane which is small in size and can land and take off vertically. This is what Bloomberg has recently stated. For page, the investment that is being made into the project is a personal one and is neither funded or has any affiliation directly with Google.
It has also been stating that towards the project of the flying car, there are around 150 employees of Zee. Aero that is working on it. Another company that is working towards the same goal and also running in the race is being funded by Page. The name of the company is said to be Kitty Hawk. It is believed that the location of the other startup is said to be around half a mile away and Sebastian Thrun is said to run the show. Sebastian was earlier working for the X division of Google and was spearheading the company’s project of self driven cars.
The report that had been published recently had an indication towards the fact that there are a few companies which is said to be working on commuter plans that are mostly autonomous. The fully realized vision in this front seems to be the two projects that Page is backing. Those who have had the opportunity to see Zee. Aero’s prototypes, state that the airplanes are considered to be pushers that have propellers located at the back. In the front, there is a bulbous cockpit which has sufficient room for a single person. It has also been said that presently there are two prototypes that the company has, the first has a design that is similar to the traditional plane while in the other one, along with the main body there are 6 small sized propellers.