German startup Volocopter unveiled the aircraft it hopes will service the world’s first on-demand air taxi service — and it is wild-looking.
The sleek black-and-white VoloCity has enough room for two passengers and their hand luggage, Volocopter wrote in a press release. The electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle also features a whopping 18 rotors with aerodynamically shaped beams and a new “stabilizer” to — as you might guess — provide more stability during flight.
Volocopter claims the VoloCity can fly at a speed of 110 kilometers per hour (68 miles per hour), with a range of 35 kilometers (21.7 miles). That might not seem terribly far, but considering that Volocopter’s goal is for the aircraft to ferry people around cities, it should be enough to get riders where they need to go.
