The pursuit of personal flight took a promising, and kind of wacky, step forward today with the electric 18-rotor Volocopter lifting somebody into the air for the very first time. The maiden manned ...

Plans call for it to enter service in 2026. You can see a few highlights of its first flight in the video below. It should also be noted that Volocopter's shorter-haul VoloCity eVTOL (formerly known ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy ...

Volocopter will validate the ability of its electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (EVTOL) air taxi to operate within Singapore’s inner city environment in 2019. German startup company Volocopter’s ...

German air taxi developer Volocopter has launched a new, larger electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft called VoloConnect, with a goal of having the new design flying passengers in ...

During a flight test at Helsinki International Airport on August 30, Volocopter and the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) Gulf of Finland U-space team evaluated the ability of integrated air ...

Bentonville, USA / Bruchsal, Germany (7 June 2022)– Today at the UP.Summit, an annual gathering of leaders in transportation innovation hosted by investment firm UP.Partners, urban air mobility (UAM) ...

The eye in the sky is well and alive in Dubai. Just yesterday, German company Volocopter, funded by automaker Daimler, successfully tested its flying taxi prototype by transporting Crown Prince Sheikh ...

Move over, George Jetson: Electric flying taxis will soon become a reality. Sure, a 15-minute ride will ultimately set you back $354. And yes, you will likely have to wait at least two years before ...

German electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup Volocopter conducted its first crewed public test flight in Italy Thursday morning. The flight launched from a vertiport built at Rome’s ...