Our boilerplate (since '16!) introduction:
As the only analysts covering thenascentas-yet-theoretical autonomous electric flying taxi market we intend to be the the go-to source for all things autonomous electric flying taxi and/or theoretical....
I like this one: "An Electric Flying Taxi That Addresses The Death Zone Problem". We lose far too many wealthy people to accidents involving existing technology so safety first.*
From AAMRealityIndex:
A Vibrant Market
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) is defined by NASA as “an air transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not served or underserved by aviation – local, regional, intraregional, urban – using revolutionary new aircraft that are only just now becoming possible.”
The Vertical Flight Society counts over 400 entrants in the AAM industry with new ones added on a weekly basis. AAM has also attracted significant investment from venture capital, private equity, SPACs, automotive companies, legacy aerospace OEMs and tech companies. However, mixed with the excitement that welcomes every new industry, there is a significant amount of healthy skepticism.
With all these entrants and all the interest in the industry, how can companies, suppliers, investors easily understand what companies will come to lead the industry, and which ones will not be as successful as they hoped to be? How “real” is the commitment of a legacy company or a startup to deliver a product to market?....
....MUCH MORE
HT: Next Big Future
*Olivier Dassault, Kobe Bryant, Chris Cline and Petr Kellner are four that come to mind. That's three billionaires with Mr. Bryant well on his way.
Previously:
"State of the game: The key players in the emerging eVTOL air taxi market"
And relatedly:
Dec. 2019
ICYMI: Chinese Autonomous Electric Taxi Co., EHang, Did Their U.S. IPO Last Week (EH)
Dec. 2019
"Footage
reveals hydrogen-powered 120mph 'drone' that’s a cross between an
aircraft and SUV that its creators say will form a 'fleet' of flying
taxis, cargo carriers and ambulances"
January 2019
"Boeing's self-flying taxi completes its first flight" (BA)
December 2018
"Morgan Stanley says market for self-flying cars could rise to $1.5 trillion by 2040"
July 2018
Rolls-Royce Presents Electric ‘Flying Taxi’ at Farnborough Airshow
February 2018
Airbus Tests Its Autonomous Flying Taxi
