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Weighing in on Electric Air Taxis

Your wish is a VTOL’s command, perhaps.

This artist’s rendering of an eVTOL has multiblade, ducted-fan thrusters on its wings. Dave Brenner/University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability
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Key Takeaways:

I never thought I’d see the day, but General Motors—among a number of other auto manufacturers, not to mention nations—has pronounced a death sentence upon the internal-combustion engine. Stays are possible, but permanent commutation is unlikely. It appears that electricity, in one form or another, may triumph in the end.

Peter Garrison

Peter Garrison taught himself to use a slide rule and tin snips, built an airplane in his backyard, and flew it to Japan. He began contributing to FLYING in 1968, and he continues to share his columns, ""Technicalities"" and ""Aftermath,"" with FLYING readers.

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