Lilium to build out infra for flying taxis with 10 vertiports across Florida

Posted by asm11es on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:17PM
from the lilium.com dept.

https://lilium.com/newsroom-detail/ferrovial-and-lilium-develop-us-vertiport-network

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Re:Lilium to build out infra for flying taxis with 10 vertip... by peter_d_sherman on Friday January 29, 2021 @03:55AM (#25955409)

Add the word "vertiport" -- to my 2021 lexicon...

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Re:Lilium to build out infra for flying taxis with 10 vertip... by micahjm on Friday January 29, 2021 @02:00AM (#25954822)

Very cool. I’m curious, why did they chose Florida?

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Re:Lilium to build out infra for flying taxis with 10 vertip... by ThePadawan on Friday January 29, 2021 @04:03AM (#25955450)

In addition to what my sibling comment said, Florida also has lots of islands to travel between, and very stable weather.

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Re:Lilium to build out infra for flying taxis with 10 vertip... by Fezzik on Friday January 29, 2021 @02:15AM (#25954901)

It sounds like it’s to take tourists, of which there are many, from one destination to another. Florida also has a lot of wealthier, older, retired people that may use the service (my hunch). Florida is also very flat, which I imagine helps keep costs low.

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