With sea levelsprojected to riseby as much as 15 inches by 2050 , Venice could shortly well be but one of many water - logged cities with reeking street . Do n’t worry ; we wo n’t still be capable to hail a cabriolet like always . It ’ll just look a bit less like a sensationalistic checker , and more like a seafaring tangerine tree .
Built by Italian design duo and owner of theJet Capsulecompany , Luca Solla and Pierpaolo Lazzarini this float cab , dubbed the “ 2015 Water Taxi ” , is a fashionable and modern take on the humble water supply taxi . It measures 24 feet long by 11 feet wide and terminate 3.5 stacks when carry a full burden of 13 mass ; that ’s one airplane pilot and up to a XII passengers .
The Water Taxi can presently be power by either a single 370 hp diesel engine engine or a couple of 250 hp gas engine , though Solla and Lazzarini are work conform hybrid or even fully - electric power plants into succeeding iterations , and is prompt by a Hamiltonjet waterjet , which delivers a top f number of 32 knots . Plus , its 92 - gallon locomotive provides enough gas for trip as far as 195 miles — that ’s just a shade farther than sailing from NYC to New Haven and back again — and the guile itself is snitch to voyage in up to 6 - pes - high-pitched gallant .
The Jet space capsule taxi service is expected to embark on up in Italy at some point next year , and the company is already planning expanding to other major coastal cities include Dubai , Moscow , and Miami . That is , until Uber catch windof what they ’re doing . [ Jet CapsuleviaDesign Boom,6sqft ]
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