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Environment & Energy

Finishline42

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4. Besides the wealthy - business will use it a lot

Reply to CoopersDad (Reply #3)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 09:42 AM

Aug 2024

I think we will see business use this mostly. JOBY has an agreement with Delta and Archer has one with Southwest.

JOBY and Delta are working on FAA approval in NYC, Chicago and LA I believe, where they will be flying from the airport to downtown locations.

One of the aspects of JOBY is how quite it flies. Props only rotate at about 250 rpm.

Edited to add - I think the cost will go down as they become commonplace. The 500 mile range is impressive. There are a lot of small towns that could benefit.

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