NASHUA, N.H. - Electric VTOL air taxis are one of the great emerging technologies of our time, promising to unlock the skies as traffic-free, high-speed, 3D commuting routes. Much quieter and cheaper than helicopter travel, they'll also run on zero-local-emission electric power, and many models suggest they'll cost around the same per mile as a ride share, writes Loz Blain for New Atlas. Continue reading original article.
The Intelligent Aerospace take:
May 26, 2020 -While the "Jetsons" future of flying cars hasn't yet come to fruition, myriad companies are working on the next best thing: automated electric air taxis are on their way to ferry folks in dense, urban environments. Loz Blain writes about what must happen for urban air mobility to come to the market, and provides an update on how companies like eHang and Volocoptor among more than a dozen others are coming along in this booming sector.
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