Lilium, a Munich-based startup, has unveiled an electric five-seat, air taxi prototype that completed its first flight earlier this month. The aircraft is designed to take-off and land vertically.
/) By Peter Holley Peter Holley Technology reporter Email Bio Follow May 16 at 4:40 PM For several years now, a handful of daring companies have been jockeying for a futuristic form of bragging rights: To be the first company to deliver an on-demand air taxi service that begins to change the way people move around crowded, car-dependent cities.
With a range of about 185 miles in 60 minutes on a single charge, the company claims their prototype’s energy usage is comparable to an electric car traveling the same distance. “In less than two years we have been able to design, build and successfully fly an aircraft that will serve as our template for mass production,” the statement added. “Moving from two to five seats was always our ambition as it enables us to open up the skies to many more travelers.”Lilium said the aircraft will be accessible via an app that allows customers to locate the nearest “landing pad” among a network across “cities and regions.
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