Brazil's Embraer to build flying taxis in Sao Paulo

[Judi Lynn]

AFP/SAO PAULO
LAST EDITED JULY 22, 2023 | 12:28 AM



An Urban Air Mobility vehicle on display at the Austin Convention Centre during the 2023 SXSW Conference And Festival on March 12 in Austin, Texas. Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has announced that, together with its urban mobility firm Eve Air Mobility, it will set up its first electric passenger aircraft factory in the city of Taubate, in Sao Paulo.


Brazilian aeronautics company Embraer and its urban mobility subsidiary Eve said on Thursday that they would build a factory near Sao Paulo to manufacture electric flying taxis that could take off as soon as 2026.

The factory for “electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft” or eVTOL, will be built in the city of Taubate in Sao Paulo state, the companies announced on the 150th anniversary of the birth of Brazilian aviation pioneer Alberto Santos Dumont.

Taubate is a city of some 310,000 inhabitants about 140km from Sao Paulo, Brazil’s economic capital.

The drone-like passenger vehicles, which resemble small helicopters, will initially be used in taxi fleets, with the first flights costing about $50-100 per person per trip, company sources told AFP.

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[keithbvadu2]

1. Will they develop an FAA type system to direct traffic flow.

It won't take very many to increase the odds of a collision.

It already has "the largest helicopter fleet in the world."