#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification

#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification

“#Air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification” Enlarge Image A prototype of an electrical air-taxi drone by German start-up Volocopter that takes off and lands vertically performs a non-passenger flight over Le Bourget airport, near Paris, France, June 21, 2021. REUTERS BERLIN – German flying taxi startup Volocopter said on Tuesday it was acquiring long-time partner DG Flugzeugbau,…

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#Taxi crashes into Japanese restaurant in NYC

#Taxi crashes into Japanese restaurant in NYC

“#Taxi crashes into Japanese restaurant in NYC” A taxi crashed into a Japanese restaurant on the Upper East Side on Friday afternoon, sending the driver and a pedestrian to the hospital and leaving two others with minor injuries, officials said. The vehicle jumped the sidewalk on East 81st Street near Second Avenue in Manhattan around…

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#Elon Musk baffled by NYC agency snubbing Tesla taxis

#Elon Musk baffled by NYC agency snubbing Tesla taxis

“#Elon Musk baffled by NYC agency snubbing Tesla taxis” New York taxi regulators have snubbed a startup’s bid to launch an all-Tesla taxi fleet in the city — and you can count Elon Musk among those who are baffled. “??,” Tesla’s billionaire boss tweeted Wednesday morning in response to an article that summarized The Post’s…

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#NYC bans new electric taxi licenses

#NYC bans new electric taxi licenses

“#NYC bans new electric taxi licenses” New York’s taxi regulator voted Tuesday to stop issuing new for-hire licenses for electric vehicles, snubbing a ride-share company that wanted to launch an all-Tesla ride-sharing rival to Uber and Lyft.  The five-to-one vote by the Taxi and Limousine Commission blocks electric transit startup Revel from launching its fleet of…

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