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In September, Japanese company Sky Drive Inc. (TM) have all backed startups in what is known as the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) industry. (HYMTF) unveiled plans for an electric flying taxi. At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, Uber Volkswagen joins a growing list of companies exploring the potential of flying vehicles. In an interview posted to LinkedIn on Tuesday, head of Volkswagen China Stephan Wöllenstein told Volkswagen chairman Herbert Diess that the company also plans to develop a drone that could be licensed, which would help it to participate in the future market for individual mobility “that’s taking place up in the air and not down on the streets.” Luxury automakers race to perfect the flying car

What's more fancy than a Porsche? A flying Porsche. Flying vehicles would need to operate in crowded airspace, near small drones and traditional airplanes, and would also need a regulatory framework, which could take years. It delivered more than three times the volume of battery electric vehicles last year than it did in 2019, while plug-in hybrid deliveries surged 175% to 190,500 units.īut “vertical mobility” throws up many more hurdles than electric mobility, including safety and reliability. The news comes as the German carmaker makes a big push into electric cars. “Therefore we are investigating potential concepts and partners in a feasibility study to identify the possibility to industrialize this approach,” it added.Ĭhina is the world’s largest autos market and is also Volkswagen’s single biggest customer. Today, however, VW is far from alone among major automakers interested in the technology - some of its leading global rivals, including General Motors, Hyundai and Toyota, all hope to capitalize on the future of urban transit.(VLKAF) is looking into flying vehicles in China, becoming the latest automaker to probe the possibilities of personal air travel.Įurope’s largest automaker said in a statement on Tuesday that “vertical mobility” could be the next step after self-driving technology. The world’s largest country - and car market - now accounts for the largest share of VW sales.įlying cars, of course, have been a subject of the imagination for decades, but the possibility became more realistic as battery technology accelerated and a handful of startups and aerospace companies started building prototypes. Volkswagen said it is particularly interested in the technology in China, where VW has taken over a pair of automotive joint ventures as Beijing relaxed its requirements on foreign car makers. The executives indicated the company is exploring possible partnerships - and vehicle concepts - for a drone that could be licensed as urban aerial transit becomes a reality. In a post on LinkedIn, CEO Herbert Diess and Stephan Woellenstein, the head of VW’s China operations, discussed how “vertical mobility” could be part of its future - that is, “flying cars.” Volkswagen is in the midst of a dramatic, expensive transformation into a maker of electric vehicles in the wake of stricter emissions requirements and the global scandal over its rigging of diesel systems.īut company executives are reportedly already looking beyond the shift to battery vehicles - and even beyond emerging self-driving technologies. Company executives are exploring possible partnerships - and concepts - in China.