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> Safety, noise, cost all have to be proofen, right now those are just claims.

True, air taxis don't have decades of real-world use, but the claims are not without basis. Quieter operation has already been verified. Better safety and operating costs are highly likely due to the dramatic reduction in complexity/moving parts (similar to electric cars) and redundancy.



I don't know anything about air taxis.

Wouldn't they be harder to operate than cars and possibly fall straight down if there is a malfunction? (And use more energy than cars?)


Correct. Definitely inherently more complicated and energy intensive to operate than cars, but much less complicated to operate than helicopters.


I know a bit about both, helicopters and eVtols. Let's just say that all claims regarding cost, simplicity, redundancy and safety regarding eVtols are just that for now: claims.




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