George Jetson, the character in the animated TV series The Jetsons, was born in a fictional 2022. By the time he reaches middle age, 40 years later, people are zooming around in flying cars.
George Jetson, the character in the animated TV series The Jetsons, was born in a fictional 2022. By the time he reaches middle age, 40 years later, people are zooming around in flying cars.
While the “straight shot” may exist, technologically speaking, it will still take a lot of work. That’s why Viswanathan serves as an adviser to companies that make aircraft powered by batteries—known as “electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft,” or eVTOLs. Later this year, he’ll move to the University of Michigan’s aerospace engineering department to double-down on battery research for electric aviation.
That’s why Viswanathan believes the first application will have to be in the luxury market. Electric aviation will replace the types of trips people might take via helicopter or private jet. The ultimate aspiration may be to make long-haul flights electric, but at first the market will be “small distances and people that value time a lot who will be willing to pay a much higher price to travel that mile.
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