FLYING TAXI STOCKS SOAR AFTER THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCED AN EVTOL PILOT PROGRAM

Flying taxi stocks soar after the White House announced an eVTOL pilot program

https://seekingalpha.com/news/4456294-flying-taxi-stocks-soar-after-the-white-house-announced-an-evtol-pilot-program

I started telling people specifically about JOBY Aviation and the growth of EVTOL technology in June of 2023 on SIGMA3iOC:

“And the technology has come a long way through intensive real-world testing and providing the FAA with the data and information it needs to formally commercially certify the EVTOL technology and issue into operation this new form of transportation.

And now the Trump White House has formerly moved that process along with Friday’s executive order concerning drones and EVTOL technology development, operation and by extension markets.

The companies JOBY Aviation and ARCHER Aviation are leading this market sector at the moment and there are many other companies and concepts attempting to get in the business.

IMO JOBY being the longest in the field and furthest along in the FAA certification process having IMO the superior design concept and technology execution is leading. Make of that what you may.”

Are You Paying Attention Yet America? JGL 6/7/25

A “flying car” is a fanciful concept that every young and old man wants, but is it really accomplishable as proposed? No.

This was one of the first attempts at the concept, but it went nowhere, literally.

The Moeller Sky Car: https://www.thedrive.com/content/2017/07/moller-skycar.jpg?quality=85

The Joby concept will be operational in the real world soon enough it is well on its way to FAA certification. Joby’s market cap at the moment? Around $6 billion dollars. And that and the proper engineering and technology is what makes something like a “Flying car” real. And there are many interesting designs out there, but most are one offs or very limited.

In the real world: “Choose one mode of transport and do it very well.”

It takes a bit of paperwork to even get a helicopter landing pad in your own property.
Local laws are the first that have to be surmounted then state and then Federal.

There are a hundred flying car concepts around the world and so far one or two have actually flown let alone be sold.

Electric aircraft are still a bit far off for now also.
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/largest-electric-plane-yet-completed-its-first-flight-it-s-n1221401
I like this idea
https://www.aviationconsumer.com/aircraftreviews/pipistrels-alpha-electro-electric-flight-realized/

$50 million in orders? Says the company.

This might have some civilian / state / military rescue or patrol application? But driving around town? Really?

I like this aspect of this vehicle however: “The Aska A5, the size of an SUV, is a drive-and-fly eVTOL that can travel by both land and air. The A5 is equipped with a hybrid energy system that consists of batteries and a range extender engine that charges the batteries during flight, utilizing readily available premium gasoline from existing gas stations.”

Related: “A while ago I identified this company, Joby Aviation, and its battery powered eVTOL (Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing) design as being a desirable and well laid out configuration, it technically and esthetically made sense to me. The high wing, the transitional power units that drive the specially designed and nearly silent rotor blades. A beautifully executed aircraft made mostly of carbon fiber that will transport 4 people 150 miles at about 200 MPH along with a pilot.”

https://www.sigma3ioc.com/post/joby-the-future-of-air-travel

Choose one mode of transport and do it very well.

https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIF.QppCJ9x2DzQunVqeELYapg?pid=ImgDet&rs=1

For 800,000 dollars I could buy both a nice car and a helicopter.

If they start building and selling self flying 4 passenger quad copters I would think they would be miles closer to adding a driving road feature to them.

Or spend a bit more and build a helicopter that uses a small car as the passenger, pilot area. Back into the flying part and fly off, Then land and drive off.

Imagine if in the future they hack one of these flying machines and plow it into a target of their choice. 4 people could equal a thousand pounds of explosives.