--- title: "Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City" description: "German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its flying taxi as it was taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum" date: "2019-09-16" modified: "2019-09-16" authors: - name: "Victor Tangermann" job_title: "Senior Editor" link: "https://futurism.com/authors/victor.md" url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/flying-taxi-volocopter-flight-german-city" categories: - "Advanced Transport" tags: - "flying car" - "flying taxi" - "mercedes benz" - "the digest" - "volocopter" - "volocopter 2x" --- # Watch This Flying Taxi Soar Over a German City ![German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its flying taxi as it was taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum]() *\Image: Daimler\* ## Urban Flight Enough with the renders of futuristic flying taxis — real-life prototypes of flying cars are finally taking to the skies, and we're here for it. German flying car startup Volocopter just showed off its air taxi taking flight at Stuttgart's Mercedes-Benz Museum. Its remotely-operated flight over a football field near the museum was a striking preview of urban consumer flight. https://youtu.be/mH1zk0KOFho ## Safe and Quiet It's not the very first flight of the aircraft — it's demonstrated its flying capabilities on a [number of occasions]() so far. But it's the first time it's soared over a city, a crucial step toward making an urban flying cab service a reality. "As Stuttgart has seen today, they fly safely, quietly, and are fast approching the implementation stage," Volocopter CEO Florian Reuter said in [a statement](). ## World First The news comes after the company's Volocopter 2X, the same two-seater multirotor aircraft, made history by becoming the first flying aircraft of its kind to take off from an international airport in August. The aircraft has a range of about 27 kilometers (16 miles) and reach speeds of up to 100 km/h (62 mph). **READ MORE:** [Watch all-electric air taxi ‘Volocopter’ make debut urban flight in Stuttgart]() \[*Electrek*\] **More on Volocopter:** *Flying Taxi Takes Off from International Airport for the First Time* ## Author I've been at Futurism since 2017, where my role has evolved to encompass design, writing, and increasingly editing. I've always been fascinated by space exploration and advanced transportation, which I've leaned into by interviewing luminaries in those fields while closely following the dimensions of policy and regulation that allow next-generation projects to succeed -- or, sometimes, to fail. I'm also keenly interested in the effects of generative AI on society, policies, and democratic institutions, as well as clean energy, physics and biology, and the vagaries of tech leadership. My work for Futurism has been cited by publications including Ars Technica, Gizmodo, PC Magazine, Jalopnik, Fox News, and the New York Post. I spent my childhood living in locations including Manila, the Philippines, and Geneva, Switzerland, attended McGill University, and now live in Toronto, Canada. Before Futurism I worked at AskMen and a small photography studio. In my free time, I'm an avid gardener, foodie, and craft beer lover, as well as a maker of artisanal hot pepper sauces. I have a magnificent dog named Freida. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() ## More - [A Flying Taxi Service Will Soar Through the Skies by 2018]() - [Dubai Says They Successfully Tested the First Autonomous Flying Taxi]() - [Porsche and Boeing Want to Build This Sexy Flying Car Together]() - [AirSpaceX’s Autonomous Electric Flying Taxi Will Hit the Skies in 2026]() - [Airbus’ Electric Flying Taxis Are Set to Take to the Skies Next Year]() - [The UK’s First Flying Taxi Wants to Take You Farther Than Just Across Town]() - [Paris Will Use Electric Flying Cars to Get Passengers to the Olympics]() - [Dubai’s Autonomous Flying Taxi Service Will Be Ready for Takeoff This Year]()