{"id":10509,"date":"2023-06-24T15:38:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-24T13:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/your-electric-flying-taxi-is-just-around-the-corner\/"},"modified":"2023-06-24T15:38:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-24T13:38:18","slug":"your-electric-flying-taxi-is-just-around-the-corner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/your-electric-flying-taxi-is-just-around-the-corner\/","title":{"rendered":"Your electric flying taxi is just around the corner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prototypes are finally taking off after a difficult time for investors, and some surprising challengers have joined the race<\/p>\n<p>Among the fighter jets and military helicopters performing for the crowds at the Paris airshow last week, a strange two-seater craft lifted off the runway. Like a drone crossed with a helicopter, the Volocopter has an electric motor and a white wasp-shaped body, on top of which sits a circular frame supporting 18 separate sets of blades, or rotors. With that short flight, the dream of making flying taxis for the masses moved a little closer to becoming reality.<\/p>\n<p>Made by a German startup, Volocopter was the only such vehicle actually flying at the show, while other companies displayed mock-ups. Getting from the costly design and testing phase to even costlier manufacturing will be a major challenge for the industry. Not all of the competitors will survive.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2023\/jun\/24\/your-electric-flying-taxi-is-just-around-the-corner\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/04851318ad6fbc96fd5be287663704317f678cdb\/0_288_8640_5184\/master\/8640.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c2bf501d146a15305d4e7eaf179f89a0\" title=\"Your electric flying taxi is just around the corner\" \/>Prototypes are finally taking off after a difficult time for investors, and some surprising challengers have joined the race<br \/>\nAmong the fighter jets and military helicopters performing for the crowds at the Paris airshow last week, a strange two-seater craft lifted off the runway. Like a drone crossed with a helicopter, the Volocopter has an electric motor and a white wasp-shaped body, on top of which sits a circular frame supporting 18 separate sets of blades, or rotors. With that short flight, the dream of making flying taxis for the masses moved a little closer to becoming reality.<br \/>\nMade by a German startup, Volocopter was the only such vehicle actually flying at the show, while other companies displayed mock-ups. Getting from the costly design and testing phase to even costlier manufacturing will be a major challenge for the industry. Not all of the competitors will survive. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prototypes are finally taking off after a difficult time for investors, and some surprising challengers have joined the race Among the fighter jets and military helicopters performing for the crowds at the Paris airshow last week, a strange two-seater craft lifted off the runway. Like a drone crossed with a helicopter, the Volocopter has an &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/24\/your-electric-flying-taxi-is-just-around-the-corner\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Your electric flying taxi is just around the corner<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10510,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10510"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}