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    • Thursday, 12 January, 2023
      FT Magazine
      Flying car, anyone?

      Inside the increasingly perilous quest to get battery-powered aircraft off the ground

    • Thursday, 2 December, 2021
      Transport
      Helicopter services in rush for electric air taxi future

      Blade Air Mobility of New York in $12m deal with Helijet to expand network

    • Tuesday, 21 September, 2021
      Airlines
      Brazil’s Gol plans to launch electric air taxis as cheap as an Uber

      Low-cost airline to buy or lease 250 aircraft from Avolon that are expected to be delivered in 2024 or 2025

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      Investors pledge a record $4.3bn for air taxi start-ups

      Funding for next-generation air mobility soars 83% over five years but market exuberance may be waning

    • Friday, 11 June, 2021
      John Gapper
      Concorde is back with a Boom, if we can bear it

      The speed and convenience of supersonic flight will come at an environmental price

    • Thursday, 15 April, 2021
      John Thornhill
      Flying cars finally prepare for take-off

      A century after Henry Ford’s vision, air vehicles may soon be operational

    • Wednesday, 24 February, 2021
      Special purpose acquisition companies
      Flying taxi start-up Joby to go public in deal with LinkedIn and Zynga founders

      Spac deal provides aircraft maker with $1.6bn in cash to pursue development work

    • Thursday, 11 February, 2021
      Mergers & Acquisitions
      LinkedIn and Zynga founders near deal to buy flying taxi start-up Joby

      Tech investors’ Spac acquisition values electric aircraft developer at $5.7bn

    • Monday, 21 September, 2020
      Michael Skapinker
      The model plane that might be the future of flying

      The Flying-V raises the prospect of fewer emissions and more space (even though it’s only three metres wide)

    • Wednesday, 9 September, 2020
      Special ReportE-mobility
      Electric air taxis face turbulence before take-off

      Nascent industry faces regulatory challenges it can transform our skies

    • Monday, 6 July, 2020
      Special ReportE-mobility
      Video: How far will electric transport take us?

      The FT’s Daniel Garrahan explains what e-mobility is and how it will change our lives

    • Monday, 23 March, 2020
      Flying taxi start-up raises $240m from existing investors led by Tencent

      Funds will be used to prepare for production of a five-seater electric aircraft

    • Thursday, 16 January, 2020
      Toyota makes big bet on flying taxi company Joby

      Japanese carmaker leads new funding round with $394m investment

    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      Consumer Electronics Show
      Carmakers move from cars to building cities at CES

      Toyota, Daimler and Hyundai unveil bold visions of the future at world’s largest tech show

    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      Lex
      Uber/Hyundai: not fare Premium content

      Shareholders need plans that are grounded in reality

    • Tuesday, 7 January, 2020
      28 sec
      Uber hails Hyundai flying taxi partnership

      Hyundai Global's deal with Uber brings aerial ridesharing in cities a step closer

    • Friday, 18 October, 2019
      Vodafone signs flying car deal with EHang in Germany

      Telecoms group wants to provide a drone management system based on air traffic control

    • Monday, 9 September, 2019
      Transport
      Geely takes stake in German flying taxi start-up Volocopter

      Chinese carmaker’s investment in €50m funding follows purchase of Daimler shares

    • Wednesday, 12 June, 2019
      John Gapper
      Flying taxis will bring traffic jams to the sky

      Electric aircraft have better uses than carrying small groups of passengers across cities

    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
      Uber Technologies Inc
      Uber adds Melbourne to flying taxi plans

      First international market is selected even as regulation remains up in the air

    • Tuesday, 11 June, 2019
      Flying taxi start-up plans to create ‘hundreds’ of London tech jobs

      Plans come after Lilium reveals all-electric prototype which takes off and land vertically

    • Monday, 3 June, 2019
      Air safety agencies rush to draw up rules for flying taxis

      Several companies aim to begin services within the next 5 to 10 years

    • Friday, 17 May, 2019
      Lex
      Lilium/electric aviation: wing and a prayer Premium content

      A commercial air taxi service will require better batteries

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      Transport1 min
      Lilium launches city travel electric air taxi

      German group aims to launch urban transport service as early as 2025

    • Thursday, 16 May, 2019
      Air taxi aimed at revolutionising urban travel unveiled

      German group Lilium aims to launch city transport service as early as 2025

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