Futuristic air taxi makes first urban flight

The Volocopter vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicle made its urban debut with a flight in Stuttgart, Germany. The Volocopter is in a race with the Bell Nexus and Boeing to dominate on-demand urban air travel.

[andyaltman]

I think a realistic solution for on demand urban air travel is at least five years away. What do you guys think?

[MagicFlav]

I thought we would use teleportation by 2020

[himanshuarora]

I just see it as future of airline industry

[Lauwergames]

L0L This is just a drone and chopper combined

[blackhat]

this is cool as long as they don't land or crash on my head

[joshWUa]

🤣 good luck with the birds getting on these things.

[salmonline]

Flying "cars", of any type, are irresponsible AF. All the innocent people below you have no desire to have you fall out of the sky on to them.

[thecutestcuck]

I want my Spinner! Look it up. Blade runner.

[enochxu]

So what the difference between this and a helicopter

[HeadsUpTV]

So air traffic jams are gonna be a thing?

[djk]

You aren't going to be flying over any gridlock once these things gridlock the skies.

[Vedrajrm]

what is "Regulatory Red Tape"?

[OriginalBernieBro]

Now imagine a Uber fare x 50+. Definitely not for the masses.

[PSYCHOVNM]

0:55 NOPE!!!


All it takes is for ONE bird to cause your death when they slam into a propeller.

[FerdinandCesarano]

1:19 - "...for you and me."

Surely CNET has editors who know the difference between a subject pronoun and an object pronoun.

[kamarulhisham]

malaysia will have flying car next month... our new PH government and new prime minister mr. mahathir muhammad is so smart

[l.ls.]

It would make a nice eco friendly tourist helicopter replacing the noisy fuel guzzling ones now in use.

[salliespaupa]

If
You really want to get in the air and out of ground rolling traffic
SkyTruck
Skytruckscience

[debbiebridygham]

What is the backup plan if the power fails? Giant parachute for the copter? Are there redundant control systems if one fails? The space shuttle has five redundant flight computers.

[richardb]

These are easy targets for domestic terrorism