Analysis: Why Some eVTOL Startups Feel Vindicated Following Air Taxi Failures

Caption: Elroy Air’s Chapparal is a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo drone.  Credit: Elroy Air

Elroy Air’s Chapparal is a hybrid-electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing cargo drone.

Credit: Elroy Air
MONTEREY, California—As the immense challenge of certifying passenger-carrying electric air taxis becomes more apparent, developers of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft targeted at alternative use cases are feeling increasingly vindicated about the wisdom of their choices. That...
Ben Goldstein

Based in Boston, Ben covers advanced air mobility and is managing editor of Aviation Week Network’s AAM Report.

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