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New York intends to have electric air taxis by 2025 (www.techspot.com)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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New York intends to have electric air taxis by 2025::undefined

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Does it need road? Rail? Asphalt, steel, or concrete, which wear down and need to be replaced? Or does it just need a standard charging station as used by current EV's? FFS, get over your fucking normalcy bias.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Extensive air traffic control and dedicated infrastructure that is applicable, likely proprietary, only for this one service (including anything power related), significantly higher inherent risks in its operation. A service that caters for the slightest fraction of travellers and the more people using it, the less practical an idea it is.

Normalcy in wanting services that have a meaningful impact for more than a handful of people.