In helicopter mode (rotors facing upwards), even if the power is cut off, this eVTOL will descend like a parachute using the same autorotation as a helicopter, allowing it to make a soft landing.
@@rossnolan7283 vtols and even drones can autorotate now, they do it by freewheeling the props opposite to their normal rotation, it's wild. probably still need airbargs for landing though...
That was a helicopter crash. Not an eVTOL. Different aircraft. And it was a helicopter in dense fog with an idiot pilot. A helicopter has multiple single points of failure. Lose the main rotor, you go down (hopefully autorotate) . Lose the tail rotor, you spin and go down. The JOBY eliminates single points of failure. 6 rotors and It has extremely advanced avionics. You can lose up to two rotors and it will still land safely.
This would require big open designated areas to take off and land. Won’t be as convenient as Uber or Lyft who can pull right up to your door. You’d have to Uber to the planes location lol
Kobe had that one incident trying to skeep traffic in LA right? . like we dont have enough incidents with regular more reliable effective loud Fuel working planes already. is like "oh yea lests go with less reliable quiet toy plane" atleast they wont even hear it go down" popping champing Laughing and buying fuel planes them self to avoid accidents.
I have a technology that can beat the traffic without the risk of crashing into your homes and businesses, and it's been around for over 130 years! It's called a "bicycle". We have electric ones these days that can do a 10 mile commute in about 25 minutes.
NO the US will find a way to regulate it and keep the industry down to a minimum. you'll have crashes, Driving under the influence. Drug use, theft etc. The mindset of the people in general no matter where you are at in the world, is reckless, So NO I don't see this getting anywhere anytime soon. Not to mention, carrying passengers, all the red tape with "Safety" concerns from Governments
The comments would have been equally negative if the internet had existed when the first airplane commercial flights were established. People are always afraid of the future.
@@sphudson even if the craft was fully operational and could do everything they hope it will the certification process will take years. There is no proof they are even ready for the flight test portions of the certification.
@@sphudson even if the craft was fully operational and could do everything they hope it will the certification process will take years. There is no proof they are even ready for the flight test portions of the certification.
Officially, Joby has successfully completed about 1600 test flights in cooperation with NASA and had no accident except for one crash landing in the intentional performance limit test with 435km/h speed which exceeded the 322km/h of regulation speed by far. This proves this is very safe aircraft. This will be the game changer in human transportation.
This is pretty good for quick arrival to the airport or like a major shopping center since the range is only 100 miles cost wise should go down over time like the reporter said but I would say if this takes off it could be a game changer especially for people who live far away from a major airport
@Cucumberflavoredmustard direct drive electric motors with dual redundancy (basically 2 motors in one) and multiple power sources will be hard to beat for reliability and maintenance vs turbine and gearbox design. The rotors are designed for lower noise. You can listen to the noise profile online vs helicopters and even single engine airplane at the same altitude. It's very quiet in comparison.
Lol, Homie over here worried about a TINY little FOUR seater puddle jumper mini heli cruising overhead for a short period of time...but not the thousand passenger planes & heavy azze aircraft that cruise thu the skies DAILY!!!! L ohhhh fawqquiiinnnn L.......... GOOD JOB! Not to mention ALL the drunk drivers or other idiots on the regular arze roads that cause collisions & dveaths DAILY too!!!! ''I'm worried about one tiny little transport heli but not the regular transport issues with people & accidents on the roads as they are'' LOL.........SURE JAN!
@@jhowardsupporter You right!!! An this bro over here worried about a mini transport heli thingy but not the HUGE planes in the sky over cities daily & the car accidents on the road every other minute......NO big deal just the mini heli gonna do MORE damage than already being done in the sky & land as it is! LOL.....
At least when the mini heli stalls it will have EMERGENCY LANDING SYSTEMS!!!!! Look it up!!! **Yes, some electric air taxis have emergency landing systems: EH216-S The world's first certified passenger-carrying air taxi has emergency landing systems and parachutes in case of malfunction. It also has backup batteries, rotors, and communication links. Joby S4 The FAA requires Joby's S4 air taxis to be able to perform a controlled emergency landing if it can't maintain the power or thrust needed for safe flight. This means the aircraft must be able to choose a safe landing spot if it can't reach its destination.** So hop off now worry wart there are bigger issues in the sky & ground as it is!!!!!
No Thank You I Wanna Live 🙂↔️ The more you’re in the air in your lifetime the more likely something could happen. I’d rather be stuck in traffic and get there safe on my terms
Looks like a paper plane can take it out; wealthy people can ride it. I'll keep walking, public transportation, riding my bicycle, and using my vehicle in these dangerous streets 😮😂
Ugh, I hope this isn't the future. If it is, the future is going to be loud as hell. I'm a drone operator and one drone is already loud. Imagine thousands of these flying overhead!
More? Um ya. Not an idea, it’s an actual aircraft or rather, a mock-up of one that is already flying by the DoD and has logged over 33,000 flight miles to date. NASA has called it revolutionary. How often have you heard them use that word? Lots of companies have tried and failed, educate yourself and see that this time is different. They said Tesla would fail. Apple Computer was at one time approaching bankruptcy. Amazon just sold books. Remember?
@@sphudsonright now I only have 200 shares, hopefully I'll have more by 2025 🙏🏾. I wish I had 256k shares lol. You already have money 🤣🤣🤣. Over 1 mill. I will be ok with 500,000 lol
I am wondering what happened to Musk's underground tubing system of shooting the cars from Inglewood to LA?? Has one car been shooted through the tubing? 😅
Lots of seriously dumb comments here - I'm actually surprised at the ratio. These people have no vision of the future, no understanding of FAA certification, the safety of redundant systems, the fact that NASA has called the aircraft "REVOLUTIONARY" - NASA does not say that about many things it tests. They cannot imagine the utility of a stealth eVTOL. They are hopelessly ignorant.
There is no proof any evtol on earth can lift the weight needed for passengers and take it a distance that matters. Try and find a world record for that feat. There would be one if it was possible to move weight a distance.
There is no way they can achieve the performance necessary to attempt the flight test portions of the approval process. If they could lift enough and fly far enough they would show its possible to investors first then maybe get approval years later after it's possible.
@sphudson it you should plan on it being certified several years after there is real proof it can lift 1000lbs 100 miles. Wait for that unedited demo then buy.
The video portions of this thing in flight are all obvious CGI mock-ups, so in other words it doesn’t actually fly. Anyway, I mounted a window fan on an old bathtub and I’m presenting it as the next generation of urban flight. I’m accepting preorders now so hurry!!
@Wolficorntv: I’m not suggesting this machine cannot fly but from what I’ve found Joby just received its special certificate in 2023 so it’s highly unlikely it was flying before that, at least not legally. In any case I’ve been unable to find a single video, even on the company’s own website, of this thing taking off or landing anywhere, nor can I find a flight tracking record of any actual flights by tail number. What I’ve found is a bunch of unconvincing videos of a machine at altitude with CGI-looking landscape. I also don’t see any advantage of it over conventional small aircraft. Perhaps you can explain?
@@rayray8687 it's quite simple to search on YT and find multiple videos of it taking off and flying plus I have personally spoken with one of their test pilots. They already have thousands of hours logged both with and without pilot on board. Flight Aware tracking is blocked at request of the user...no surprise there since it is still in its testing phase. There's also an NTSB accident report for an incident that occurred during a remotely-flown test flight in 2022. It was being intentionally flown outside its performance envelope and it failed. That's why they call it flight testing.
Sounds great, but if the fares are any higher than just driving or taking a normal taxi or Metro train from the airport into downtown, I really don't think average, working citizens (aside from the rich, like those living grand mansion lifestyles in Hollywood/Beverly Hills) with already small travel budgets will see enough benefit in taking air taxis often enough to make this new service profitable, except for maybe airline passengers whose eVTOL transfer(s) are implied and calculated in their airfare. While hundreds of thousands of people pass through LAX each day, that is a very small number compared to the millions who live in the main city and travel within the boundaries of Los Angeles using other modes of transportation, most dominantly driving. Plus, LAX is a super-crowded international airport, so arranging takeoffs and landings of eVTOL aircraft using existing infrastructure on top of other rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft will really complicate things for air traffic controllers, who are already busy enough handling the current traffic. I support air taxis in that they are more payload-efficient, more economical to operate, and better for the environment than any personal flying cars will ever be (we all know a "Jetsons"-style flying car future just isn't gonna happen in this world from a realistic standpoint), but then again, their operating costs will always be higher than traditional ground vehicles, and if they cannot prove to be a viable industry, then normal cars, taxis, buses, and trains, will likely come out on top. And I say this not because I am being negative, but I do believe people need to have more realistic expectations so as not to set themselves up for disappointment if this new "revolution" in electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft does not work out as well as enthusiasts like me hope it will.
You’ll end up like Kobe. Sometimes waiting in traffic will save your life
until you get ran up on by a 2 goons with ak-47s pointed at you, lifes rough out here lmao
Multi rotors is safer than one. You missed the whole point
@@rowshambow Have they done any demos of it flying with a full load and only 4 or 5 rotors operating? That would ease my concerns.
If they add a parachute for safety im down.
It's only 1000ft in the air...You will be fine. 😆
In helicopter mode (rotors facing upwards),
even if the power is cut off, this eVTOL will descend like a parachute using the same autorotation as a helicopter, allowing it to make a soft landing.
😂😂😂
It cannot possibly autorotate , it will drop like a stone until , only a small chance to glide like a brick if the props can be feathered in time...
@@rossnolan7283 vtols and even drones can autorotate now, they do it by freewheeling the props opposite to their normal rotation, it's wild. probably still need airbargs for landing though...
What could go wrong
ask Kobe
Battery dies mid flight
Drones flying humans. WCGW?
Crazy mental individual takes over joystick 🕹️
@@jimenezjovani34 Kobe made his pilot fly in known foggy weather. Don't break that cardinal rule and you'll be aight.
Picture a few thousand of these in the air over any city - it's not gonna fly.
All birds laughing in the corner: 🐦 😂😂😂
welcome to automation
nope, not over any city, this is in L.A! you idit ot!! siiiiiiiiuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu
@@jrviade85 Why The insult? Did I say something wrong? What is the matter with what I said?
By the way, I live in Los Angeles.
Kobe!!!!!!!
And he was in a real 🚁
That was a helicopter crash. Not an eVTOL. Different aircraft. And it was a helicopter in dense fog with an idiot pilot. A helicopter has multiple single points of failure. Lose the main rotor, you go down (hopefully autorotate) . Lose the tail rotor, you spin and go down. The JOBY eliminates single points of failure. 6 rotors and It has extremely advanced avionics. You can lose up to two rotors and it will still land safely.
Nah this helicopter has extra safety features incase some wings stop
Word. Learn from Kobe. Instead ask the mayor for more overhead highways and infrastructure to relieve traffic.
@BlueEyed888 how invested are you into this? 😂
This would require big open designated areas to take off and land. Won’t be as convenient as Uber or Lyft who can pull right up to your door. You’d have to Uber to the planes location lol
Nope. It just requires rich people aren't near those areas. Don't get why people think we all have equal rights.
Uber drivers get attacked by unhinged passengers all the time … ….
Yes, but the cheap passengers. The prices for this service will be at black level.
Imagine those during the Santa Ana's? It'll be raining Jovi's. Coming to your livingroom soon.
Kobe had that one incident trying to skeep traffic in LA right? . like we dont have enough incidents with regular more reliable effective loud Fuel working planes already. is like "oh yea lests go with less reliable quiet toy plane" atleast they wont even hear it go down" popping champing Laughing and buying fuel planes them self to avoid accidents.
Planes crash, have you stop flying?!
@@SuperMogulyes.
Rich people problems
@@SuperMogulit was a helicopter….
@@double_joseph327 I see three helicopters in the air right now. Lol
I have a technology that can beat the traffic without the risk of crashing into your homes and businesses, and it's been around for over 130 years! It's called a "bicycle". We have electric ones these days that can do a 10 mile commute in about 25 minutes.
I have a bad feeling about this...
Once Flying cars become affordable, USA is gonna find a way to make them look gangster like a Big truck or SUV 😂
NO the US will find a way to regulate it and keep the industry down to a minimum. you'll have crashes, Driving under the influence. Drug use, theft etc. The mindset of the people in general no matter where you are at in the world, is reckless, So NO I don't see this getting anywhere anytime soon. Not to mention, carrying passengers, all the red tape with "Safety" concerns from Governments
The comments would have been equally negative if the internet had existed when the first airplane commercial flights were established. People are always afraid of the future.
So true
Who in their right mind get into an electric helicopter.
@@sphudson ya right ev’s are doing well. Nobody wants those fire hazards.
@@sphudsonDid you also invest in Oceangate stock as well?? How that go for you?? 😂😂
@@Lifeisshortbygas cars are way more of a fire hazard 😂
The jetsons future is for the rich
Early horses were for the rich, Early cars were for the rich can't just say it now
same with Teslas
The poor will have flying cars, the day Rich people get teleport machines😅
Can it fold up into a book?
Joby splattered on the pavement in no time!
@@sphudson even if the craft was fully operational and could do everything they hope it will the certification process will take years. There is no proof they are even ready for the flight test portions of the certification.
@@sphudson even if the craft was fully operational and could do everything they hope it will the certification process will take years. There is no proof they are even ready for the flight test portions of the certification.
There he is again....@@TheBagOfHolding
Officially, Joby has successfully completed about 1600 test flights in cooperation with NASA and had no accident except for one crash landing in the intentional performance limit test with 435km/h speed which exceeded the 322km/h of regulation speed by far. This proves this is very safe aircraft. This will be the game changer in human transportation.
I cant even begin to imagine a battery fire at that altitude.
I don't see it cheaper than a Taxi. You'll be paying extra for no stopping at stop lights.
That's a helicopter. It has worked for 60 years and it requires way more training to fly one of those than driving a car.
When it falls on my house, im sueing them out of business
Don’t text and fly😂😂😂😂 is all cool until they start crashing into houses
Ground congestion will now be elevated to 100 feet above ground. Remember there are wires that prevent this ttype of craft from just landing anywhere.
Great idea that finally has the tech to support it.
They ever heard of a subway?
Ever heard of helicopters? They’ve been providing air taxi service for decades.
And when this Taxi Takes you home at 230am after a night out, would your neighbors still be speaking to you!
.....Doubtful😂
That called a helicopter for sure
The titanic,just fewer people at a time 😢
Lawyers usually deter these kind of ideas, bravo to those who pushed for the “Jetsons”.
Love that alternative actions are being offered.
Once that wing hits a bird or a bird hits the wings it’s a wrap 😂🤣
I'm from LA I'll never get on a helicopter
Amazing, Joby Aviation good luck, I'm ready to use 😊
As long as traffic is smooth and Metro toll lanes crease to exist I would love that.
This is pretty good for quick arrival to the airport or like a major shopping center since the range is only 100 miles cost wise should go down over time like the reporter said but I would say if this takes off it could be a game changer especially for people who live far away from a major airport
Airspace gonna be crazy
You ran the air light buddy..😂😂
Great, you've invented the helicopter again, only more complicated and with worse range.
Actually it’s more reliable, much quieter and significantly cheaper and read less maint to operate
@@livingroomguitarist7 Six rotors instead of one will be less reliable by nature, and anything with propellers is loud. That guy is lying.
@Cucumberflavoredmustard direct drive electric motors with dual redundancy (basically 2 motors in one) and multiple power sources will be hard to beat for reliability and maintenance vs turbine and gearbox design. The rotors are designed for lower noise. You can listen to the noise profile online vs helicopters and even single engine airplane at the same altitude. It's very quiet in comparison.
10 minute flight gonna cost you $1200
A least when a car stalls .... it doesn't fall of the sky on to a group of people.
go ask most people if their car has ever stalled
Lol, Homie over here worried about a TINY little FOUR seater puddle jumper mini heli cruising overhead for a short period of time...but not the thousand passenger planes & heavy azze aircraft that cruise thu the skies DAILY!!!! L ohhhh fawqquiiinnnn L.......... GOOD JOB!
Not to mention ALL the drunk drivers or other idiots on the regular arze roads that cause collisions & dveaths DAILY too!!!!
''I'm worried about one tiny little transport heli but not the regular transport issues with people & accidents on the roads as they are'' LOL.........SURE JAN!
@@jhowardsupporter You right!!! An this bro over here worried about a mini transport heli thingy but not the HUGE planes in the sky over cities daily & the car accidents on the road every other minute......NO big deal just the mini heli gonna do MORE damage than already being done in the sky & land as it is! LOL.....
When a BOEING 737 stalls it is gonna land on what? THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY unless it is over a body of water......THINK!!!! LOLOLOL !!!
At least when the mini heli stalls it will have EMERGENCY LANDING SYSTEMS!!!!! Look it up!!! **Yes, some electric air taxis have emergency landing systems:
EH216-S
The world's first certified passenger-carrying air taxi has emergency landing systems and parachutes in case of malfunction. It also has backup batteries, rotors, and communication links.
Joby S4
The FAA requires Joby's S4 air taxis to be able to perform a controlled emergency landing if it can't maintain the power or thrust needed for safe flight. This means the aircraft must be able to choose a safe landing spot if it can't reach its destination.**
So hop off now worry wart there are bigger issues in the sky & ground as it is!!!!!
Even Elon Musk says electric aircraft isn’t good.
😂people going be robbing these aircrafts lmao man LA is a real GTA MAP 😂😂😂😂
new job for pilot unlocked✅
helicopter driver 😂😂😂😂😂😂
No thanks. Have you seen how many Navy Osprey have crashed due to transmission failures?
@@sphudson "Did someone say monorail?"
No Thank You I Wanna Live 🙂↔️
The more you’re in the air in your lifetime the more likely something could happen. I’d rather be stuck in traffic and get there safe on my terms
@:53 - ummm, it's called a subway system. Look into it.
Looks like a paper plane can take it out; wealthy people can ride it.
I'll keep walking, public transportation, riding my bicycle, and using my vehicle in these dangerous streets 😮😂
Consider that ospreys are quite dangerous and have even killed marines. Now, imagine applying that same idea.
That is Beautiful it is always good to ease congestion! It looks like a safe flight because of 6 propeller's!
This would be a good ambulance service
How long b4 the “Joby pilots assaults passengers” headlines?
RIP Kobe
Ugh, I hope this isn't the future. If it is, the future is going to be loud as hell. I'm a drone operator and one drone is already loud. Imagine thousands of these flying overhead!
We need to focus on good, reliable transit.
Imagine everyone in L.A takes to the skies 😂
Can’t wait to ride in one of those
that contraption looks like something for the late Ocean gate guy.
THE #1 QUESTION/PROBLEM IS HOW U GONNA STOP THAT THING FROM CRASHING WHEN THE ENGINE FAILS?
Matter of time air traffic jams the Jetsons 😂
No technology that will do this. WTF. It's called a helicopter!!
Train has no traffic
But it does have crazies
@@AmericaFirst865 they need parashoots
why can't we just build some bike lanes, trains, and make the city more walkable like a normal city
Rich people want to feel better than the peasants on bikes, trains and buses. That’s why.
Let’s go JOBY !
Oh, so a commercial osprey. I’m sure that’s gonna go perfectly. 😏
This idea so stupid that has been going around for than a decade
More? Um ya. Not an idea, it’s an actual aircraft or rather, a mock-up of one that is already flying by the DoD and has logged over 33,000 flight miles to date. NASA has called it revolutionary. How often have you heard them use that word? Lots of companies have tried and failed, educate yourself and see that this time is different. They said Tesla would fail. Apple Computer was at one time approaching bankruptcy. Amazon just sold books. Remember?
Yet they made a flying drone and you typing your feelings about it... The accomplish something. What about you????
@@sphudsonfacts.
@@sphudsonright now I only have 200 shares, hopefully I'll have more by 2025 🙏🏾. I wish I had 256k shares lol. You already have money 🤣🤣🤣. Over 1 mill. I will be ok with 500,000 lol
Have fun being stuck at traffic 😂
ITS AN ELECTRIC HELECOPTER 😂😂😂😂
You can’t just land it on a street to pick up passengers.
“Die in Terrified Style” is the Ad. “F You Robot!” were the last words.
This is the “Oceangate” of helicopter companies. Screw that.
Always wait until 10 accidents happen with them and they shut it down 😅
I am wondering what happened to Musk's underground tubing system of shooting the cars from Inglewood to LA?? Has one car been shooted through the tubing? 😅
They can’t even get the cars right now we’ll have giant drones dropping from the sky… 🤦🏾♂️
Or just build a proper mass metro system all over LA
Dam the comments are pretty toxic for innovation going on here. Chill.
Lots of seriously dumb comments here - I'm actually surprised at the ratio. These people have no vision of the future, no understanding of FAA certification, the safety of redundant systems, the fact that NASA has called the aircraft "REVOLUTIONARY" - NASA does not say that about many things it tests. They cannot imagine the utility of a stealth eVTOL. They are hopelessly ignorant.
No
They can't even keep small airplanes from crashing all the time.
There is no proof any evtol on earth can lift the weight needed for passengers and take it a distance that matters. Try and find a world record for that feat. There would be one if it was possible to move weight a distance.
It’s normal for people to be scared of new technology. Those who don’t embrace the future will be left behind
With the type of people we have in L.A., Joby..on the ground in no time🤣
Literally how Kobe died. This isn’t a new idea either, celebs have been doing this for years.
That’s so stupid, that the guy promoting it, he’s smirking the entire time during the interview.
Yes we need this so we can skip the traffic for cars
We got air taxis after GTA 6 😂😂
Maybe if it had a parachute
If I weren't deathly afraid of heights.. Wonderful idea, though.
Weren't
@brittnaesimmons5170 Oh, it's not a word? I'm in Baja so English is my 3rd language. But I think you understood.
@@edyannweren't is a word. Youre right. Some people are dumb they dont get it or they just not smart enough to understand 😊
@@777-b8c Thank you. ❤️
@@brittnaesimmons5170thank you for explaining to us dumb folks appreciate you bud
They should name it the Kobe Express.
LA Airspace is already very congested, and ATC won't have the Capacity to deal with those 'Taxis'
“Software-driven Design” …. Wonderful… have a computer glitch and you die. I doubt if this will ever get FAA approval.
Think Boeing 737Max…😮!
There is no way they can achieve the performance necessary to attempt the flight test portions of the approval process. If they could lift enough and fly far enough they would show its possible to investors first then maybe get approval years later after it's possible.
@sphudson it you should plan on it being certified several years after there is real proof it can lift 1000lbs 100 miles. Wait for that unedited demo then buy.
As soon as they become “legal” imagine the mess in the air. By passengers they mean rich people…
As soon as this becomes legal. It will be even scary to go outside. Because you wont know what and when it will fall on your head
Winter time?! Wind,snow, heavy rain.....
Exciting! I'd take it...👍👍
1:26 1:27 1:28 1:29 as it strikes the mountain in fog, reminds me of Kobe’s accident I’m sorry it does get foggy
The video portions of this thing in flight are all obvious CGI mock-ups, so in other words it doesn’t actually fly. Anyway, I mounted a window fan on an old bathtub and I’m presenting it as the next generation of urban flight. I’m accepting preorders now so hurry!!
Uhhh no. This has been flying since I believe 2017. Plenty of video out there of it.
@Wolficorntv: I’m not suggesting this machine cannot fly but from what I’ve found Joby just received its special certificate in 2023 so it’s highly unlikely it was flying before that, at least not legally. In any case I’ve been unable to find a single video, even on the company’s own website, of this thing taking off or landing anywhere, nor can I find a flight tracking record of any actual flights by tail number. What I’ve found is a bunch of unconvincing videos of a machine at altitude with CGI-looking landscape. I also don’t see any advantage of it over conventional small aircraft. Perhaps you can explain?
@@rayray8687 it's quite simple to search on YT and find multiple videos of it taking off and flying plus I have personally spoken with one of their test pilots. They already have thousands of hours logged both with and without pilot on board. Flight Aware tracking is blocked at request of the user...no surprise there since it is still in its testing phase. There's also an NTSB accident report for an incident that occurred during a remotely-flown test flight in 2022. It was being intentionally flown outside its performance envelope and it failed. That's why they call it flight testing.
@sphudson: Unless, of course, you paid $15/share before the crash. Anyway, it’s good to remain optimistic.
What could possibly go wrong? 😢
“In another two years…”
Drones flying humans. WCGW?
there is a human pilot aboard
A simple ‘No thank you’ doesn’t seem adequate.
Oh H&LL NO!
There. That’s better.
Rich people flying out of the sky to crush the poors below. Sounds about LA.
The idea is fantastic , but lets face it. This will be regulated more than firearms in CA, and it will never get off the ground.
*at least they didn't call it "Flying Car"* Besides, you might have to pay a couple hundred dollar for a ride. 😂
When will these be in actual service?
Kobe says DON’T TAKE THE AIR TAXI!!!!
Sounds great, but if the fares are any higher than just driving or taking a normal taxi or Metro train from the airport into downtown, I really don't think average, working citizens (aside from the rich, like those living grand mansion lifestyles in Hollywood/Beverly Hills) with already small travel budgets will see enough benefit in taking air taxis often enough to make this new service profitable, except for maybe airline passengers whose eVTOL transfer(s) are implied and calculated in their airfare. While hundreds of thousands of people pass through LAX each day, that is a very small number compared to the millions who live in the main city and travel within the boundaries of Los Angeles using other modes of transportation, most dominantly driving.
Plus, LAX is a super-crowded international airport, so arranging takeoffs and landings of eVTOL aircraft using existing infrastructure on top of other rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft will really complicate things for air traffic controllers, who are already busy enough handling the current traffic.
I support air taxis in that they are more payload-efficient, more economical to operate, and better for the environment than any personal flying cars will ever be (we all know a "Jetsons"-style flying car future just isn't gonna happen in this world from a realistic standpoint), but then again, their operating costs will always be higher than traditional ground vehicles, and if they cannot prove to be a viable industry, then normal cars, taxis, buses, and trains, will likely come out on top. And I say this not because I am being negative, but I do believe people need to have more realistic expectations so as not to set themselves up for disappointment if this new "revolution" in electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft does not work out as well as enthusiasts like me hope it will.
Waiting till Adam Something or Alan Fisher reacts on this