Get ready for the future of transportation! One company hopes to test out its electric flying taxis at the Paris Olympics.
https://theconversation.com/electric-air-taxis-are-on-the-way-quiet-evtols-may-be-flying-passengers-as-early-as-2025-228664
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Electric air taxis are on the way – quiet eVTOLs may be flying passengers as early as 2025
These electric aircraft take off and land vertically so they don’t need runways. And they promise a quieter, more accessible and less polluting form of short-distance air travel than helicopters.The Conversation
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Adding noise, however, is not the answer. Adding a "streetscape sound level" above, where no street exists, will not fly in a world where leaf blowers are despised.
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Finally we can have it all: traffic jams; plus the buzzing sounds of the rich flying over our heads; plus regular taxis taking people to and from the helipads aka "droneports".
@TheConversationUS, publishing such "articles" is badly hurting your reputation.