The CEO of Joby Aviation hopes to launch a new class of electric-powered aircraft vying to become taxis in the sky.

However, the launch a decade ago of app-using, driver-reliant Uber in Toronto without any government permissions, forcing its way into the taxi market, showed how commerce fuelled by emerging ...

To start, air taxi prices almost certainly will be significantly more that the cost of taking a cab or Uber ride from JFK airport to Manhattan, but the difference could narrow over time because ...

The tests are part of the journey that Joby Aviation and other ambitious companies that collectively have raised billions of dollars are taking to turn flying cars into more than just pie-in-the-sky ...

We want to turn what are now one- and two-hour trips into five-minute trips,” Bevirt, 51, told the Associated Press before a Joby air taxi took off on a test flight in Marina, Calif.

We want to turn what are now one- and two-hour trips into five-minute trips,” Bevirt, 51, told The Associated Press before a Joby air taxi took ... in 1960s-era cartoon series, “The Jetsons ...

To start, air taxi prices almost certainly will be significantly more that the cost of taking a cab or Uber ride from JFK airport to Manhattan, but the difference could narrow over time because ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A new generation of aviation companies are building electric-powered aircraft designed to become taxis in ...