Boris Johnson gives cash boost for research into flying taxis and delivery drones
UK innovators are to be given a multi-million pound boost to help develop greener forms of transport, potentially including flying taxis and electric passenger planes.
The government will provide £125m and industry £175m to fund a Future Flight Challenge to support new travel technologies.
The programme was announced as Boris Johnson headed for the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, where he will urge fellow world leaders to take tougher action on climate change and environmental protection.
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