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The future of the air taxi: still very much up in the air
The use of drone-based technologies based on electric motors and aviation know-how seem once again to be pointing to a future where air-taxis will be a reality. , a pioneer in electric light aircraft, .
The problem is that very little progress has been made since then, although there have been attempts to create alliances between little-known companies such as and in the United States, along with other, more established players such as China’s and Germany’s , as well as involving giants such as Boeing or Airbus, along with airlines such as American, Delta, Southwest and United.
An article in Saturday’s Washington Post, “” looks at the state of play in the United States, where interest has resumed after that “just as the United States led the automotive revolution in the last century, I want to assure you that the United States, and not China, leads the air mobility revolution.” Since then, for .
