A startup is developing a five-seat electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically. The startup, which recently won a prestigious award for sustainability innovation, envisions using the aircraft like an Uber, hailing it from your phone to take you around the city, avoiding traffic. The company has already demonstrated that the prototype works, and hopes to roll out the technology by 2025.
The future of transportation could be this drone-like electric jet
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