[DFG]

"Vertical electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft on display under blue stage lighting. 5 The prototype Valo e-aircraft is unveiled at an industry preview in Manhattan last week."

"A prototype Valo aircraft is revealed to much fanfare in Manhttan."

[ClearCase_guy]

its zero-emissions power source

Gosh that sounds good. But it makes no sense. The vehicle is not a power source. It's electric, and the power source is likely to be coal-power or nuclear power or something like that. This looks like a rich person's status symbol much like the private jets that fly in to Davos.

[ComputerGuy]

If a single motor fails, you’re......

[SaveFerris]

[‘Jetsons’-style ‘air taxi’ could be flying NYers around in two years]

So they can FINALLY...

ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK

[TexasFreeper2009]

where do you land it.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Just don’t tempt fate and take one between JFK and the MetLife (Pan Am) building rooftop helipad. That didn’t go so well in 1977.

[equaviator]

Wow, this is great news for Spacely Sprockets and Cogswell Cogs.

[sasquatch]

A friend works here:
https://www.jobyaviation.com/

[Carry_Okie]

The noise of “mass transit” by that means would be deafening.

[C210N]

It’s not “Jetsons-style” unless it folds up into a thin briefcase that you can walk with into your office.

[Vaquero]

Rall right reorge

[Mastador1]

It can’t be Jetsons style if it has rotor blades, dumbass writer has obviously never seen the cartoon. It is a helicopter style multi rotor vehicle and trying to create ‘excitement’ by comparing it something the people likely to ever use, have no knowledge of is stupid.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

So when it crashes, you have a 100% chance of dying instead of 10%.

[GingisK]

Way cool! Given the state of New York and New Jersey drivers, expect the populations of those states to be significantly reduced in short order.

[FrankRizzo890]

Let me guess, it’s powered by Cold Fusion, which will also be available in 2 years?

[citizen]

For example, the hourlong train ride from JFK to downtown Manhattan is expected to be cut down to just 7 minutes while being emissions-free.

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Electric anything is not "emissions-free." Electricity must be generated and even the so-called "carbon-free" means of the generation must be themselves constructed, installed and maintained, a carbon intensive operation all up & down the line.

[Libloather]

Eliminates tolls?

[Getready]

Pump and dump. 3D traffic jams and accidents...better to invest in cremation companies.

[Organic Panic]

I have worked on a dozen of these aircraft over the past twenty years. None of them have ever come to market and none of them will.

[erlayman]

Air laws are wild. Jetson One single-passenger aircraft you don’t need a pilot’s license because it’s classified as an ultralight plane (=manned drone, more or less).