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The Case for Flying Cars as a Climate Solution

We could see a world of electric flying vehicles in the next decade, says Venkat Viswanathan, a Carnegie Mellon University professor who’s worked with many leading battery startups.

A Joby Aviation Inc. electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft outside the New York Stock Exchange on Aug. 11, 2021.
Photographer: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg

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By Christine Driscoll and Akshat Rathi

April 13, 2023 at 7:15 AM UTC

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George Jetson, the character in the animated TV series The Jetsons, was born in a fictional 2022. By the time he reaches middle age, forty years later, people are zooming around in flying cars.