India can leapfrog others to make electric air taxis a reality, says JoeBen Bevirt, founder of Joby Aviati

Electric air taxi will be an ideal solution to India's urban pollution and congestion problem, said JoeBen Bevirt, founder of Joby Aviation..

Joby Aviation is a California-based aviation company, developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that it intends to operate as an air taxi service...

"India is a dynamic place and has reputation to embrace emerging technology fast and I believe electric air taxi to provide India an incredible opportunity to leapfrog other nations to provide low-cost, high-speed, green transportation in a way that has not been possible before," Bevirt said.. India, he said, is a major force in global aviation, showing an 11% growth every year - four times faster than the global average.. "India has the opportunity to lead the way to bring air taxis to market and with that we can make this growth in aviation sustainable dramatically reducing the emission of a flight," he said.. Civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia had earlier said that air taxis will become a reality in the next 4-5 years in India...

InterGlobe Enterprises, which owns India's largest airline IndiGo, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Joby's rival Archer Aviation to launch and operate an all-electric air taxi service in India by 2026...

With Joby's e-taxi, he said a journey from Bengaluru airport to the city centre can be completed in 13 minutes as opposed to two hours during rush hours.. "That is a saving of 100 minutes in just one trip, thus making cities more green and increasing efficient use of land which is a scarce product in big urban centres," he said...

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