Air Taxis are Coming Sooner Than You Think.

This eVTOL air taxi design looks like a weird helicopter/plane hybrid, but it’s the safest of all the eVTOL designs we’ve ever seen, and it has another killer advantage in that it requires no special certification. Very cool news for 3D commuting.   Read more

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A fascinating chat with one of the companies at the forefront of the electric VTOL commuting revolution. Lilium is proceeding with flight testing, and says it’ll have meaningful air taxi services in operation by 2025.   Read more

​One of the more fanciful aspects of Uber’s flying taxi service is the concept of Skyports, which would be used as a base for electric aircraft to stay charged up and for passengers to hop on and off. Here’s a look at six concepts dreamt up by architects collaborating with Uber on the idea.   Read more

After offering a look at its vision for flying taxis at last year’s CES, Bell has returned to Las Vegas with what it considers a new and improved version, featuring an all-electric mode for zero-emission travel over urban centers.   Read more

Joby Aviation has been beavering away hammering out the designs and flight dynamics of its awesome-looking tilt-rotor eVTOL for more than 10 years. Now, Joby’s got half a billion dollars in the bank thanks to a huge investment led by Toyota.   Read more

Skai some big waves last month with the launch of its long-range hydrogen-powered eVTOL air taxi prototype. In an interview with New Atlas, Skai’s CTO tells us these flying commuters will cost about the same per mile as an Uber ride, and that he expects to be able to land them just about anywhere.   Read more

Hyundai has used the grand platform of CES 2020 to unveil its take on the future of urban mobility. At the heart of its plans is its S-A1, an electric flying taxi developed with Uber.   Read more

A new electric VTOL air taxi company came out of stealth mode today, using a hydrogen fuel cell powertrain that neatly sidesteps the energy density issue that’s holding back battery-powered aircraft. Alaka’i Technologies’ Skai machine has a range of up to 4 hr/400 mi and a five-passenger capacity.   Read more

​​Aston Martin is the latest transport heavyweight to enter the flying taxi scene. It has actually teamed up with Rolls-Royce on its first vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, which it says was dreamt up with luxury, inter-city travel in mind. ​   Read more

Back in January, China’s EHang aced the first flight in the US of its two-seat autonomous air taxi. Now the company has agreed to develop the first Urban Air Mobility pilot program in Seville, Spain.   Read more

Japanese electronics giant NEC has been working with a company called Cartivator to design, build and test VTOL air taxi concepts. Now the two companies have demonstrated a multi-seat manned multicopter, a step toward a flying car future Japan believes will arrive around 2030.   Read more

There are no powered spinning propellers in nature. When evolution has found an advantage to producing thrust in a fluid, it has done it mainly by flapping things back and forth – and a new VTOL aircraft propulsion system aims to do the same with a series of flapping wings mounted in large ducts.   Read more