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Archer Aviation and United Airlines plan to launch the first air taxi route in Chicago, between O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Vertiport Chicago. Once the trunk routes have been established, the next step will be to build out “branch” routes to connect to surrounding communities.
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is a wheel/tire concept which, with its Cloud-based connectivity, offers fleet operators a particularly efficient means of mobility management. Fleets of autonomous electric taxis are a case in point, playing a key role in many concepts of the environmentally compatible mobility of the future. Conti C.A.R.E. Autonomous. writes the ERJ.
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