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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Michael Liedtke

Flying taxis are on the horizon and Trump wants them soon

An ‘electric vertical take-off and landing’ aircraft built by Joby Aviation flies over an airfield in Marina - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his woodsy home in the mountains during the 1980s, JoeBen Bevirt began fantasizing about flying cars.

As CEO of Joby Aviation, Bevirt is getting closer to turning his boyhood flights of fancy into a dream come true as he and latter-day versions of the Wright Brothers launch a new class of electric-powered aircraft vying to become taxis in the sky.

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