Vertical Aerospace, based in Bristol, is testing a so-called electric flying taxi which can carry four ... an aircraft that is as convenient as a helicopter but which is cheaper to run and does ...
Industry experts say that taxi services using such aircraft ... In their favour, electric aircraft are much simpler than helicopters or passenger jets, so mechanically there is much less to ...
Joby Aviation, the manufacturer of a four-passenger, all-electric, vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) air taxi, is putting ... lifts off vertically like a helicopter but cruises on fixed wings ...