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  • electric air taxis in the UK

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Sat Mar 15 21:55:21 2025
    Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic partner to launch electric air taxis
    in the UK
    ...
    Joby will need to get its own certifications from the U.K. before it
    launches there, as well.
    ...
    Joby's eVTOL is designed to carry a pilot, four passengers, and some
    luggage. It promises to fly at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour,
    making a flight from Leeds to Manchester a 15-minute journey.

    The startup is a long way from large scale deployments, but Joby has
    stated its intentions to launch an air taxi service in the U.S., the
    U.K., the UAE, South Korea, Japan, India, and Australia.

    https://techcrunch.com/2025/03/15/joby-aviation-and-virgin-atlantic-partner-to-launch-electric-air-taxis-in-the-uk/

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Sun Mar 16 20:38:15 2025
    On Sat, 15 Mar 2025 21:55:21 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    Joby Aviation and Virgin Atlantic partner to launch electric air taxis
    in the UK
    ...
    Joby will need to get its own certifications from the U.K. before it
    launches there, as well.
    ...
    Joby's eVTOL is designed to carry a pilot, four passengers, and some
    luggage. It promises to fly at speeds of up to 200 miles per hour,
    making a flight from Leeds to Manchester a 15-minute journey.

    Good Lord, imagine the fuel consumption, the emissions, the waste ...
    just to carry what I'm gonna have to assume is four arrogant
    billionaires to lunch in a different town.

    Do Not Want.

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