{"id":5991,"date":"2020-09-18T15:33:05","date_gmt":"2020-09-18T19:33:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/?p=5991"},"modified":"2022-09-22T17:18:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-22T21:18:36","slug":"the-worlds-first-electric-flying-taxi-is-now-selling-tickets-for-rides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/2020\/09\/18\/the-worlds-first-electric-flying-taxi-is-now-selling-tickets-for-rides\/","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s First Electric Flying Taxi is Now Selling Tickets for Rides"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"959\" height=\"639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/Volocopter.jpg\" alt=\"Volocopter\" class=\"wp-image-5992\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Want to channel the Wright brothers and be the first to fly? Well maybe not the first to fly, but you could be one of the inaugural riders in the world\u2019s first electric flying taxi!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/volocopter.com\/en\/tickets\/?_ga=2.190634219.1372488274.1600282399-392386051.1600282399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reserve a ticket online<\/a> to be one of the first travelers inside German startup, Volocopter\u2019s, electric air taxi. Each ticket costs \u20ac300, though you only need to put down a 10% deposit to hold your spot. Since this is an early presale, your flight won\u2019t take place for another 2 years. The \u20ac300 ticket price also only includes a 15 minute ride on the new flying taxi. However, if you love adventure, the long waiting period and price tag may be worth it! Plus, Volocopter is sweetening the deal with a video of your flight and a \u201climited edition, personalized certificate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you are interested in a \u201cVoloFirst\u201d flight, quickly head to their <a href=\"https:\/\/volocopter.com\/en\/tickets\/?_ga=2.190634219.1372488274.1600282399-392386051.1600282399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reservation page<\/a> to buy your ticket as they are only offering 1,000 pre-sale reservations at this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many companies have their allocated resources to developing flying taxi cabs\nincluding Boeing, Airbus, and Uber but it looks like Volocopter will be the first\nto market. Their taxi is labeled as an eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and\nlanding) aircraft, similar to a helicopter. The two seater Volocopter will be\nable to fly 19 miles on every charge and up to an altitude of 330 feet.\nVolocopter stands firm that this flying electric taxi will be virtually silent\nto anyone on the ground.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Want to channel the Wright brothers and be the first to fly? Well maybe not the first to fly, but you could be one of the inaugural riders in the world\u2019s first electric flying taxi! Right now, you can reserve a ticket online to be one of the first travelers inside German startup, Volocopter\u2019s, electric [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":5992,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[1572,1573,1353,1575,1576,1574],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5991"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5993,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5991\/revisions\/5993"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5991"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5991"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.taxifarefinder.com\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5991"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}