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  • 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

  • Thursday, 14 March, 2019
    Lilium hopes to soar with launch of electric air taxis

    German startup aims to rise above what is expected to be a lucrative if crowded market

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