Air taxis have high costs and emissions, not useful for energy transition – researchers

Air taxis and other eVTOLs are not useful mass transport technologies for the energy transition, according to a report.  (Image: Lilium)

Air taxis and other electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) are not useful mass transport technologies for the energy transition, according to a report by the Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW). The authors conclude that eVTOLs raise costs, hardly affect travel times, and cause more emissions than electric cars.