Sweden's Jetson Aero is now already offering personal eVTOL aircraft that can go upto 63 mph. Meanwhile, the UK has opened world's first vertiport for flying taxis.
In the United Kingdom, the world's inaugural vertiport for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, such as flying taxis and cargo drones, debuted, giving the general public a peek into the coming years of air mobility.
The vertiport in Coventry, England, was launched earlier this month by Urban-Air Port, a British firm that develops ground-based infrastructure for the eVTOL market.
Ricky Sandhu, the founder of Urban-Air port, called the vertiport's inauguration a "momentous moment."
"[This is] the starting gun for a new age of transport, an age of zero-emission, congestion-free travel between and within cities that will make people healthier, happier and more connected than ever before," Sandhu said in a statement.
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