First Take, Oct. 30, 2023

Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi
Credit: Archer Aviation
TECHNOLOGY Archer Aviation has flown its Midnight electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi for the first time: The nonconforming first prototype made an uncrewed hover flight on Oct. 24. EHang’s autonomous two-seat EH216-S has become the first passenger-carrying eVTOL to be type...

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