Lilium is a German company that produces flying electric passenger drones. CNBC visits their testing site in Spain and examines why these vehicles, dubbed flying cars, could take off.
Vocabulary:
• Flight - the action or process of flying through the air.
• Sneak peek - a secret look.
• Slice - a thin, broad piece of food, such as bread, meat, or cake, cut from a larger portion.
• Hone - refine or perfect.
• Range - the area of variation between upper and lower limits on a particular scale.
• Shuttle - a form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
• Rattling - making a series of knocking sounds.
• Landing - bringing something, especially a vehicle, from higher altitudes to the ground or water.
• Vying - compete eagerly with someone in order to do or achieve something.
• Tick - mark that an item in a list or text is correct or has been chosen, checked, or dealt with.
• Broad - covering a large number and wide scope.
• Handful - a quantity that fills the hand; a few or some.
Source: CNBC