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Prototype self-flying taxi in 2017?

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The community gave this a 12% chance, and it resolved No.

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Opened:

Dec 13, 2016

Closes:

Jul 15, 2017

Resolved:

Jan 3, 2018

Spot Scoring Time:

Dec 15, 2016

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