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Electric aircraft developer Lilium has signed an agreement with multinational infrastructure operator Ferrovial to develop a network of at least ten “vertiports” for an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL)-based air taxi service. According to Lilium, the network will cover “strategic locations in all major cities across Florida.” Exact locations for the vertiports planned in partnership with Ferrovial have not yet been announced.
“Our strategy to bring high-speed transportation networks to an entire region is being brought to life in Florida, and Ferrovial is the ideal partner with their unrivalled expertise in airport construction and operations around the globe,” said Lilium Chief Operating Officer Remo Gerber. “Nearly all 20 million Floridians will live within 30 minutes of our vertiports and the 140 million annual visitors to the Sunshine State will have a high-speed option available to travel to their destination
Waiting for the eVTOL-taxi rank
Considering how close to launch urban air mobility systems claim to be, it may appear strange how little public discussion about it there has been.
DAVID LEARMOUNT looked at what steps are being taken to rectify this.
Developing the enabling technologies for a new age of urban air mobility (UAM) is proceeding apace in many countries worldwide, yet debate in the public sphere about the change this will bring to urban life is almost non-existent.
The Royal Aeronautical Society held an online UAM conference in October 2020 to review progress in this burgeoning new industry – which promises imminent entry into service for the earliest of many competing electrically-powered vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air vehicles.
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