Air taxis: How battery-powered aircraft could revolutionize travel
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- čas přidán 16. 04. 2024
- Airborne Ubers (UBER) could become more normalized by 2025, at least according to Joby Aviation (JOBY). Electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) aim for efficient, battery-powered transport akin to urban Ubers or Lyfts (LYFT) in the sky.
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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Fly Lilium ! 🛸
Lilium is designed to be the future regional air service.. 6 seater now 12 to 24 seater later on as things progress.. No wonder Lufthansa Azul and lots of other airliners are drafting partnerships..
I've got 13600 shares in it I've got faith in lilium
@@user-hs6xs7zl6k did you get it under .70? Dump it and get more when it goes there again.
@@TheBagOfHolding 0.83 I'm just holding for years
These so and so air taxis have been as a concept for ever
Looks very cool . I believe this is the future. Jump on it now when it's still new
"LOOKING FORWARD 👌 TO IT'S REALITY." ❤🇬🇧❤
If they could carry more people and were more designed like a box, they could be used as rescue vehicles for tall buildings.
Another idea with that design... Building buildings, where the highest floors are accessible by outside elevators/flying cabins.
This would make construction really interesting, as you don't need to design inside elevators to the highest level.
Rn lilium and Co are just the start but are just electrical helicopters. Our cities would have to change.
The future 🚁
Great video
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.
I can see for my local city you can pay to rent a short helicopter tour of downtown. These aircraft would be ideal for jobs like that. That's a small market of course. But I think they are quite enough that large cities like New York will be able to build heliports with maybe six pads in convenient locations, and fly them to similarly sized ports in various suburban centers or downtown in nearby cities. Being quiet really expands the potential market. But they have to be safe and reliable -- like probably safer than traditional helicopters.
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.
I mean they wouldn’t mass produce it if that was the case. Right? Unless…💀
@@johnbagsit2973 they haven't mass produced them. They aren't even certified or at the point in the process that they need a prototype at all.
eHelicopters are eVTOLs too!
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.
Joby 🙌👌👍
Not "could", they definitely will!
we don’t even have the battery power to fly long distance or repeated flight on single charge
They should call it bVTOL (b for battery) since electricity that powered the rotors can come from anywhere not just battery.
The e is for electricity not eco-friendly 🫠
Pilot salaries seem cheap when you look at the profit opportunities...why go cheap at this stage?
This sounds more like a toy for the super rich than a breakthrough in public transport.
Exactly, how loud are these things?
Less than a helicopter for sure!
It's a helicopter
The battery will weigh a ton, otherwise the range will a few miles.
how dare you cover air taxis without mentioning Ehang who are already commercialized in China.
There would be a video of a full taxi ride in an ehang if they were already doing it. Nobody ever bought one and there isn't proof of a full manned flight longer than a minute.
@@TheBagOfHolding 🤡 Nobody? Do some research before spewing off misinformation. All sales of EH216s are reported in EHang ERs.
@@TheBagOfHolding keep your Joby shares bag holding
@@genosypheus all evtols have the same problems
@genosypheus who bought one? Is there a customer review or video of them going somewhere in one?
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.
When did someone go somewhere in one? There isn't proof any evtol can lift a person for 5 minutes. A tourist would record their flight if they used one.
Could it trip overseas?
Hopefully, from 2030.
On a boat
Air TAXI! Taxis don't travel far man. It's for travel within cities and nearby outer areas.
Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate received ahead of schedule, initially targeted for second half of 2022; Certification allows Joby to operate aircraft commercially; Joby will use conventional aircraft to refine systems and procedures in advance of launching eVTOL service targeted for 2024. That is in response to the other video you left a comment on. It erased my comment. Conventional means normal. It's from their own website may26 2022 news
@@TheBagOfHolding That does not mean they'll be using conventional aircrafts for actual revenue flights. That wouldn't even work. How is one flying from JFK directly into Manhattan with a fixed wing aircraft?
It says it's using fixed wing aircrafts to refine systems and procedures. Sounds like R&D and testing purposes. Not revenue flights.
And I knew what conventional meant. Don't insult my intelligence by assuming I don't know the definition of a word.
Oh OK so we ditch cars and we're all flying what could go wrong?
LMAO
This will be a pilot job killer, oh and cold weather makes these batteries useless.
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.
😂😂😂😂😂 is a helicopter lol
How is it just a helicopter when it can transition to fixed wing flight? Think man
@@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 Electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft take off vertically like a helicopter. The key difference is that they are powered by electric motors instead of conventional combustion engines. Propellers or rotors ensure they can take off vertically, hover in place, and fly horizontally
@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 what are you talking about? The difference is that is electric dude
@@user-iz6dx3xs8l You know of the Osprey the Marines use right? Same thing except one is electric and makes WAY less noise. Unlike a helicopter it can transition to fixed wing flight. Thus flying way faster than a helicopter could. While still taking off and landing like a chopper.
The ability to fly fixed wing after vertical take off is huge. So to dismiss it as just an electric helicopter is false
@bronxishomenomatterwhereig3149 I am very sure this one does never transition into a fix wing like the osprey. Seems it will be very hard for faa to certify it if it fully transitions to a fix wing because that's an airplane
Archer is better than joby in many ways!
Is this fact or matter of opinion?
Solid Hydrogen and all your power and flight times are solved. China is now shipping a solid hydrogen bike, 10 sec recharge, 50 mile range. Get to it...