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Writing about the low-altitude and electric revolutions in aerospace: eVTOLs, unmanned aircraft & urban air mobility. Managing editor @eVTOLmag
Dec 13, 2020 13 tweets 4 min read
Thinking out loud here. We're now in the third "era" of #eVTOL development.

The first was pre-path-to-market tinkering, with visionary engineers at Zee, Joby, Kitty Hawk and a few other outfits working to bring early-stage electric VTOL to life. The second era began when Uber Elevate launched, formalizing the nascent industry and presenting a clear vision of vehicle requirements and a conceptual path to profitable application.

This began the #eVTOL climb up the hype cycle in earnest & drove billions of investment.