Air taxis: How battery-powered aircraft could revolutionize travel
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Published 2024-04-17
With backing from major players like Delta (DAL) and Toyota (TM), Joby thinks they can be first to market in the crowded space. However, regulatory approval remains a key hurdle. The Federal Aviation Administration thinks a competitive, scaled air taxi market could launch in at least one location by 2028.
Yahoo Finance spoke with industry investors, officials, and analysts, and traveled to Joby’s manufacturing facility in Marina, Calif., to get a closer look at what to expect from this emerging sector. For those looking to play the future of aviation, regulatory hurdles, lack of infrastructure, and customer affordability are among the top considerations when sussing out eVTOL investments.
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All Comments (21)
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Fly Lilium ! 🛸
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"LOOKING FORWARD 👌 TO IT'S REALITY." ❤🇬🇧❤
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Looks very cool . I believe this is the future. Jump on it now when it's still new
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The future 🚁
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Great video
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Joby 🙌👌👍
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This sounds more like a toy for the super rich than a breakthrough in public transport. Exactly, how loud are these things?
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We can't even train enough pilots to fly 737s. Who are they going to get to fly four people around in an air taxi? The only way these catch on is if the government makes it a lot easier to become a pilot or these air taxi companies reduce the skillset necessary to operate their vehicle - ideally having it be completely autonomous. Otherwise all you've got here is an electric helicopter and you're selling to the same markets as any current helicopter. Except in those markets your limited range probably hurts you. I mean it might work for flight-for-life and executive transport but police and news helicopters (who like to hover and observe for an hour or more) would not want this.
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eHelicopters are eVTOLs too!
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Infrastructure is not an issue. All we neednis electric chargers (and battert fire suppression systems ).at existing airports and heliports. Sao Paulo has UAM at scale with over 2200 urban airtaxi and otherhelicopter flights per day under current ATC.
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They should call it bVTOL (b for battery) since electricity that powered the rotors can come from anywhere not just battery.
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we don’t even have the battery power to fly long distance or repeated flight on single charge
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how dare you cover air taxis without mentioning Ehang who are already commercialized in China.
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Not "could", they definitely will!
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The should prove its possible to move the weight of a pilot and passanger the distance of jfk to Manhattan or at least hover that for 5 minutes.
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😂😂😂😂😂 is a helicopter lol
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The flying cars in China are automatic flights by AI tech, you only need to set the address where you want to go then press start and it will take you there.
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Why does the media insist on flogging this disfuntional product? Show me a 30 minute video with 6 people in the seats instead of simulators.
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Could it trip overseas?
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Oh OK so we ditch cars and we're all flying what could go wrong?
