For eons, personal aerial vehicles have been seen as a marker of the arrival of the future. The Future is already here as a number of companies are working on commercializing flying cars and autonomous air taxis. In this edition of GV, we are pleased to bring you the major developments.
Regulatory, cost and technology limitations make it unlikely that many city-dwellers will wing their way to work anytime soon, but for certain uses, the ferment of activity is making the future look a lot of closer.
Introduction
While flying cars may sound as if they belong to science fiction, technology seems to have brought them closer to reality—potentially helping to create a faster, cheaper, cleaner, safer, and more integrated transportation system. A century ago, aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss debuted the Autoplane, a threeseat car-cum-aircraft with removable wings.
Ever since, automobile and....
