FUTURE TRAVEL
Volocopter air taxi takes to the skies
Prototype of autonomous traffic-beater in demonstration flights over Stuttgart
26 September 2019 - 05:07
Flying taxis got a step closer to becoming a reality when a Volocopter prototype was demonstrated at Daimler’s headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany.
The German startup, which hopes to have autonomous air taxis in the sky within the next few years, has been boosted by a €50m funding injection from Chinese motor firm Geely and others...
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