voidx@futurology.todayM to Futurology@futurology.todayEnglish · 4 days agoAir taxis: the latest on the flying electric cars bringing the Jetsons dream to lifewww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up120arrow-down14
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minus-squareHirom@beehaw.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days ago regular folks like you and me can jump into a boat-sized electric pod and just fly anywhere on a whim It’s probably going to be significantly more expensive than regular taxis, which aren’t cheap.
minus-squareBruceTwarzen@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 days agoImagine you see the first car in your life on the road and some guy with a monocle tells you: “this thing can get you anywhere in a whim.” That is so cool, you think while you are wondering if you make it through the month with you 15 cents.
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It’s probably going to be significantly more expensive than regular taxis, which aren’t cheap.
Imagine you see the first car in your life on the road and some guy with a monocle tells you: “this thing can get you anywhere in a whim.”
That is so cool, you think while you are wondering if you make it through the month with you 15 cents.