European companies and universities, initiative for electric flying taxis

A series of European companies and universities have joined into an initiative meant to rapidly bring to the skies electric flying taxis. The institutions have joined together under the name AMI – Air Mobility Initiative, and they have the financial support of the Free State of Bavaria and the Federal Republic of Germany.

According to CleanTehnica, among the founding members of this initiative we have the  University of Stuttgart, Airbus, City of Ingolstadt, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Flugsicherung, Diehl Aerospace, Droniq, Munich Airport, Red Cross and Telekom.

These companies and universities will research and come up with different solutions that can help bring flying taxis powered by electric energy to market, capable of transporting people between neighboring cities or from city corner to another.

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For starters, a part of AMI’s partners will focus on aspects such as the infrastructure needed, legal and societal matters.

Other partners, such as the University of Stuttgart, are working of solutions helpful when dealing with motion sickness, for example, one of the side effects of this kind of transportation – because they are supposed to fly in cities, turbulence is to be expected, but also flying at low frequency could cause discomfort for passengers and pilots alike.

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Work on the individual AMI projects began at the beginning of 2022. The test flights of the pilot project will be carried out in the region around Ingolstadt.

The initiative is funded with a total of €17 million from the Free State of Bavaria and €24 million from the Federal Government. Together with the industry’s own funds, this results in a total activity of € 86 million over a period of three years.

”Electric air transport can enhance public transport, airports and time critical mobility services, it will be environmentally friendly, quiet and safe”, said Andreas Thellmann, Head of Air Mobility Initiative.

 

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