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France Set to Make Iconic Harry Potter Technology a Reality for Paris Olympics 2024

Published 12/06/2021, 8:22 AM EST

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Back in August, Olympians had an exciting time traveling in the electronic buses and shuttles. Notably, the Paris Olympics 2024 is going to be an upgrade of the experience for the world’s top athletes.

The mega quadrennial games are aiming to become as sustainable as possible. Every four years the host country tries to bring in innovative ideas to make the Olympics games eco-friendly.

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Flying Taxis in Paris Olympic Games

Olympians train rigorously to reach the world’s biggest games, the Olympics. It’s the responsibility of the host countries to give them an experience of a lifetime.

The next Olympics will happen in the Paris city of France and the preparations have already started, as it’s just three years away. To give Olympians a unique and eco-friendly experience, the Paris Olympics 2024 will witness Olympians flying in taxis from the airport to the village.

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The organizer will introduce an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, which will reduce the travel time from 40 to 50 minutes by car to 15 minutes. The airport operator Groupe ADP, Paris metro and mass transit operator RATP Group and the Ile-de-France region of Paris will lead the project.

During the opening ceremony of the test center, Groupe ADP Chairman and CEO Augustin de Romanet said, “It will function as a concrete experiment to explore the field of possibilities of a decarbonized and innovative aviation, and to develop the low altitude aviation market [below 300 meters], which has been largely unexplored until now.”

That would indeed be a Harry Porter in real-life experience for the Olympic superheroes.

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Everything you need to know about Paris Olympics 2024

The Paris Olympics 2024 will begin on 26th July and conclude on 11th August. Notably, this will be the sixth time, France will be the host of the mega-events. 206 nations, 10 500 athletes, will take part in 28 sports plus 4 additional sports.

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It will be a thrilling experience for Olympians; however, during Tokyo Olympics, the electric shuttles had some fall-outs. Do you think Paris city will be able safe and securely deliver the flying experience for the athletes?

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Shreya Verma is a US Sports writer at EssentiallySports. A post-graduation student in political science, Shreya is also a professional 10m air pistol shooter. Taking after her athlete father, she was naturally inclined towards the athletic life.
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