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Silicon Valley startup lays off 100 employees, closes 3 locations (flying car)
SF Gate ^ | 10/3/2022 | By Amy Graff

Posted on 10/05/2022 2:05:10 PM PDT by NohSpinZone

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To: Jonty30
They only way that a flying car could be made feasible, if brought down to affordability, is if it was completely automated.

Per their website, these are to be remotely piloted. So, not automated, but non piloted by the occupant.

41 posted on 10/05/2022 4:11:34 PM PDT by Poison Pill
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That doesn’t sound safe to me.


42 posted on 10/05/2022 4:14:04 PM PDT by Jonty30 (Some men want to see the world burn. It is they that want you to buy an electric car.)
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The “Lilium” company is getting close (”eVTOL”):

https://lilium.com/jet

https://youtu.be/ywJWka1evH8

https://automationswitch.com/list-of-evtol-companies-to-watch-in-2022/


43 posted on 10/05/2022 4:20:22 PM PDT by Drago
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To: NohSpinZone

Might’ve been a good idea...until the batteries caught fire in mid-flight.

But hey...they wised up and dumped their idea...so no harm done.


44 posted on 10/05/2022 4:33:16 PM PDT by moovova
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To: NohSpinZone

Their business model should have included a Flight School. Gubmint won’t allow people flying around, endangering themselves and everybody nearby on terra firma without a valid pilot’s license.


45 posted on 10/05/2022 5:22:26 PM PDT by Tucker39 ("It is impossible so to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." George Washington )
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To: NohSpinZone

Daum, and i’ve been waiting to buy a flying car ever since The Jetsons came out ... looks like i’ll be waiting just a little bit longer ...


46 posted on 10/05/2022 8:08:07 PM PDT by catnipman (In a post-covid world, ALL "science" is now political science: stolen elections have consequences)
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