You don’t have to believe in flying cars to be intrigued by electric-aircraft start-ups like and .
A century of unfulfilled science fiction has left about the half-dozen firms that floated shares in the past few years on promises of commercializing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft—or eVTOLs. It doesn’t help that most of 50% or more since.
But these flying taxis are real—and coming in a couple of years. Crowned by rotors, these craft will carry a pilot and four passengers up to 100 miles, taking off like a helicopter and cruising at 200 miles an hour—with little noise and no exhaust.
In a few years, eVTOLs could start replacing helicopter transportation in and around urban centers. In a decade, urban areas could have hundreds of eVTOLs each, operated by Uber-style fly-share services. The potential upside: tens of billions of dollars in annual revenue.
Source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/flying-cars-taxis-evtol-joby-archer-blade-4ca0b2d9?siteid=yhoof2&yptr=yahoo