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Tech News | 12.18.2025, 02:21 pm — Nastassia Haux
Can electric air taxis really ease city gridlock? Vertical Aerospace reveals latest flying taxi
British aircraft maker Vertical Aerospace has revealed its latest attempt to reimagine short-haul travel: a production-version electric air taxi called the Valo.
The company describes it as a step towards "urban air mobility for the masses," though the reality of such ambitions remains hotly debated.
Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, or eVTOLs, have long been pitched as a cleaner, quieter alternative to helicopters - a way to sidestep gridlocked cities by simply lifting above them.
But the question of whether there is a viable mass market still divides the industry.
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