California's Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. This is its 6th generation air taxi and it is reportedly 'designed to meet and exceed
California’s Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. This is its 6th generation air taxi and it is reportedly “designed to meet and exceed rigorous commercial safety standards, making it one of the safest systems in aviation,” according to Wisk Aero.
But how real is this? Is Wisk Aero really going to bring a self-flying electric air taxi to market? Well, it’s gone further than anyone else up till now. “Generation 6 represents the first-ever candidate for FAA certification of an autonomous, passenger-carrying eVTOL air taxi,” the company writes.
Wisk Aero originated out of an aim to solve for the annoying menace of automobile traffic. This is the dream of many in the eVTOL industry. How much that is possible, and especially for those who are not extremely well off, remains to be seen, but it is certainly the hope that inspired Wisk Aero’s founders. “In 2010, we set out to find a way to skip traffic and get to our destination faster,” said Gary Gysin, CEO of Wisk.
12 years and 6 generations of aircraft — that certainly implies the team has put enough effort into this project that it may well have a great product when it says it does. Though, more evidence than that is who’s behind the company — The Boeing Company and Kitty Hawk Corporation. Wisk Aero is likely not going to make big claims about what it has developed and what it will achieve without the support of managers at Boeing.
“Curious to learn a little bit more about the history of the company? I was, too. “We began in 2010 and later merged with Kitty Hawk Corporation. Upon recognizing the commercial potential of Wisk’s 5th generation aircraft, the aircraft, its technology, and team were spun out to form Wisk, with an investment from The Boeing Company.
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