hi guys welcome back to elon musk evolution today we will be taking a look at the latest
news regarding volkswagen's flying car and elon musk updating us all make sure to stick to the
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and like today's video it helps us a long way according to musk volkswagen has projected a fully
working prototype for an automated flying car an electric automobile that the company describes as
a state-of-the-art passenger drone prototype the prototype marks the german car maker's first step
into the world of aircraft design and development the aircraft is anointed flying tiger because
of both its black and gold livery and the fact that it has launched into the year of the tiger
volkswagen china a subsidiary of the company produced it in conjunction with the chinese
aviation company sunward and the british design firm tangerine eight rotors that are fixed upward
on the electric vertical takeoff and landing prototype give it a helicopter-like appearance
and enable vertical takeoff and landing two rear propellers allow the electric
aircraft to fly horizontally on its voyage features of the volkswagen electric flying car
in a comment volkswagen china expressed that flying tiger is an electric evtol prototype
musk stated vtols are planes with the ability to take off land and hover vertically all helicopters
fall under the category of vtol aircraft but some fighter jets like the f-35b lightning 2 also fall
under this category the flying tiger has been manufactured as part of the vertical mobility
project launched in 2020 by volkswagen china to explore the next generation of mobility solutions
including the urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace the
prototype according to the company has a luxurious x-wing configuration that is 11.2 meters long and
10.6 meters wide the prototype aircraft's eight rotors aid in providing vertical lift horizontal
flight is assisted by two propellers the prototype will undergo tests through 2022 before being put
through even more sophisticated test flights in 2023 when the flying car is finally finished it
will be capable of transporting four people along with their luggage up to a 200 kilometer distance
passengers will be accommodated in a small cabin under the vehicle's wings where the sound of the
propellers is quieter in the summer of 2023 volkswagen china plans to release an updated
prototype based on the results of flight tests vw china says the four-seater vehicle
which is being developed by its vertical mobility team can do much more than hover over the parking
lot upon completion the brand expects to be able to fly up to 124 miles per hour for 60
minutes on a single charge volkswagen's china is nowadays running flight tests on the prototype
with the hope of releasing a revised prototype in the summer of 2023 that's amazing dear friends who
might use flying tiger will it soon be available for the general public dr stephen wollenstein ceo
of volkswagen group china said the launch of this stunning validation model the vmo
is the first of many remarkable milestones on our exciting journey towards urban air travel
and a perfect example of our from china 4 china mission according to the company's statement the
flying tiger is likely to be introduced to high net worth tech savvy chinese customers
as a premium product for use says vip air shuttle services during its initial phase volkswagen group
china said the first evtol will be used by urban elite chinese clients 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 traveling between chinese megacity clusters for business and leisure
volkswagen china's project manager and product owner zhu 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 jyn continued the flying tiger would be a self-piloted passenger
drone just like a number of other prototypes gin claims that this will make traveling and
navigating the skies simple for passengers when will tesla's flying car be inaugurated
tesla chief designer franz von halshausen provided an update on the often delayed tesla roadster
the designer says that tesla is still feverishly working on the electric hyper car
that will be an exciting flying machine but so far the signals from musk have been mixed at best
obviously i like flying things musk told bloomberg's max czafkin
a few years ago but it's difficult to imagine the flying car becoming a scalable solution
on friday elon musk declared on twitter that the upcoming tesla roadster will have a very
limited ability to fly his tweet only confirms the possibility of flying cars becoming a reality very
soon which the tesla ceo has been hinting at for years the new roadster will do something similar
he had shared a gif of a hovering car in 2019 it was followed by a tweet from mr musk in which he
explained that tesla would use spacex technology and equip the roadster with new thrusters to
enable flight elon musk is impressed by volkswagen calling second only to tesla in the ev world
elon musk believes that volkswagen is the only auto company that is making substantial
advancements in the production of electric vehicles besides tesla he said this during an
interview with financial times when he was asked about which ev startup has impressed him the most
tesla sees strong competition from chinese eb manufacturers in the coming years
i think there will be some very strong companies coming out of china there are a lot
of super talented hardworking people in china that strongly believe in manufacturing they just won't
be burning the midnight oil they will be burning the am oil they won't even leave the factory type
of thing whereas in america people are trying to avoid going to work at all he added elon traveled
across germany to check out work being done on the company's new giga factory in berlin but he also
set aside time to test an impending rival vehicle the ceo was reportedly invited to drive the vw id3
in a video that volkswagen chairman herbert diese posted to linkedin on monday musk asks a couple of
questions about the car and comments that id3 has pretty good steering for a non-sporty car
the tesla ceo also questions if the electric car has any sort of lane following system to which
diese lists some pretty standard driver assist components baked into the id3 the id3 will leave
behind the tesla model 3 in europe when it comes to an all-important price tag but current gossip
suggests the us-based eevee maker may have an explanation that could be a model 3 hatchback
which a workforce in germany could construct at the upcoming gigafactory
as for id3 we won't see the electric hatchback in the u.s to challenge tesla but id4 will land
here volkswagen's ceo herbert diese recently acknowledged that tesla has a significant lead
in software development and its self-driving technology in leaked internal communications
according to the leaked communications which the german publication automobile was able to obtain
diese believes that tesla's feet of 500 000 data gathering vehicles is miles ahead of everyone else
in the self-driving space the lead is so large it can be hard to fully understand tesla's senior
director of artificial intelligence andre carpathi recently disclosed the automaker had exceeded
three billion miles of autopilot data with tesla selling upwards of 100 000 vehicles each quarter
with that number only set to get bigger tesla's lead will soon be unconquerable if not already
the world after electric flying cars from dream to reality flying cars do exist and they may
influence how we travel work and live in the decades to come a variety of personal flying
vehicles and the navigation systems that will enable them to operate have been developed ranging
from electric gliders to fixed-wing aircraft and quadcopter drones thanks to advancements
in battery energy density material science and computer simulation as cities get taller
rooftop landings get bigger and air highways connect super skyscrapers to free up space below
the layout of our cities will inevitably change as more flying cars appear on the road
overcrowding will decrease and there may be more room for parks and green areas if there
are fewer cars on the road safety issues with electric flying cars passengers pedestrians
and other drivers may all be in danger if a car breaks down in the middle of the road
that danger is multiplied multiple times over for a vehicle that breaks down 50 feet in the air
numerous engineering challenges must be overcome to build a flying vehicle that is safe for users
and even if we were to find a solution that is effective for drivers there would still be an
issue for everyone else what would transpire if a flying car broke down in the middle of a busy city
and crashed into a crowd of people as soon as 2030 consumers might be able to press a button
and order an air taxi straight to their cloud tethered office in the decades that follow we
may ultimately have fewer and fewer reasons to descend to the earth below conducting our
business and our lives atop a city in the sky well dear viewers let's cross our fingers and wait to
see what elon musk and other car manufacturers have in store for us subscribe to the channel as
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