Volkswagen launches working prototype of Flying Tiger electric flying car
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Automotive company Volkswagen has launched a fully working prototype for an automated flying car, an electric vehicle that the company describes as a "state-of-the-art passenger drone prototype".
Volkswagen China, the German car brand's Chinese division, collaborated with British design consultancy Tangerine and Chinese aviation manufacturer Sunward on the first fully working prototype as part of its efforts to break into the urban air mobility market.
Nicknamed the Flying Tiger, the vehicle is Volkswagen's first venture into aircraft design
Officially called VMO but dubbed the Flying Tiger due to its black and gold livery, the electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) prototype looks similar to a helicopter, with eight rotors fixed upwards to allow the aircraft to take off and land vertically.
Two rear propellers enables the electric aircraft to fly horizontally on its journey.
Its cross-shaped wing configuration measures 11.2 metres in length and spans 10.6 metres in width. The electric aircraft's black-and-gold design was created to commemorate the fact that it launched in the Year of the Tiger.
According to Volkswagen China the four-seated vehicle, which is being developed by its vertical mobility team, is "already capable of much more than just hovering above the company parking lot".
When complete, the brand is aiming for the eVTOL to be able to travel up to 200 kilometres per hour with a maximum flight duration of 60 minutes on a single charge.
Volkswagen Group China said the first eVTOL will be suitable for "urban elite" Chinese customers. Initially, the vehicle could be used for services such as VIP air taxis.
"Our vision is for a private eVTOL that will serve the growing urban elite who will be travelling between Chinese megacity clusters for business and leisure," Volkswagen China's project manager and product owner Zhou Jin said.
"So, in the first phase of its commercial use, VMO is likely to be pitched as a premium product for high-net-worth individuals, for example for VIP air shuttle services," Jin continued.
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