DETROIT - General Motors is telegraphing that it, too, plans to join the burgeoning eVTOL air-taxi business -- and the company plans to do it in style. As part of its virtual CES expo, GM Exhibit Zero, the automaker on Tuesday revealed renderings and animations of a Cadillac-branded personal aircraft powered by batteries, Chris Paukert reports for CNET. Continue reading original article.
The Intelligent Aerospace take:
January 13, 2021 -This year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) was a virtual event due to the ongoing COVID pandemic, but that didn't stop companies from announcing some big stories. General Motors became the latest automaker to throw its hat into the growing Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ring when it announced its Cadillac eVTOL "flying taxi." GM says the eVTOL will travel at speeds up to 56 miles per hour and is poered by a 90-kWh electric motor.
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