Lilium’s Funky ‘Jet’ Could Make Our Dreams of Flying Cars Come True

Looking at it, you wouldn’t think the Lilium Jet could fly. It looks more like a computer mouse than any aircraft you’ve seen, and its 36 small propellers run on electricity, not jet fuel. But this funky airplane just proved it can take to the sky, and it might be the flying car you’ve been waiting for.

The jet, which isn’t actually a jet, can take off and land vertically like a helicopter and fly like an airplane, making it just the thing for congested cities because it doesn’t need a runway. In other words, it’s everything you want in a flying car: It picks you up wherever you are, and plunks you down exactly where you want to go.

Alex Davies

Full Story: https://www.wired.com/2017/04/lilium-jet-first-flight-test-flying-cars/