September 16, 2019 – Who would not like to know what the future holds? Thousands of visitors in Stuttgart found out what the future has to offer in the way of mobility solutions. The highlight of the event "Vision Smart City – Experience the mobility of the future today" around the Mercedes-Benz Museum was the first urban flight of a Volocopter air taxi in Europe.
Electrically powered, 18 rotors, ultra-modern assistance systems and more than 100 microprocessors – the Volocopter is packed with technology. It waited patiently on the Museum mound, ready to take its first flight over a European city. Florian Reuter, CEO of Volocopter GmbH, gave the starting signal for the flight. And off it went.
A glimpse of tomorrow
An air taxi is one variant of the mobility of the future. The city of Stuttgart, the state of Baden-Württemberg, Mercedes-Benz AG and Lab 1886 jointly presented more than 40 further exhibits: the research vehicle F 015, the Vision Van, the smart vision EQ fortwo, test drives with a fuel cell vehicle, autonomous-parking Mercedes-Benz, autonomous virtual reality trips or augmented reality city simulations - just to name a few.
