Flying cars, electric air taxis and autonomous eVTOL aircraft are moving from futuristic fantasy to real-world transport.
Ever since Back To The Future sent a DeLorean into the sky, flying cars have been one of the clearest symbols of the future we were promised. For decades, that future seemed to stay stubbornly out of reach.
Now it may be getting closer.
After years of hype, false starts and high-profile setbacks, a new generation of flying vehicles is moving from prototype to production. Companies backed by aviation giants, carmakers and major investors are developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, autonomous air taxis and road-legal vehicles that can lift into the air.
These machines do not look much like the flying cars of science fiction. Most are eVTOL aircraft, powered by propellers and designed to move people or cargo above congested roads with far less ground infrastructure than traditional aviation requires.
