{"id":3931,"date":"2023-11-29T08:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T16:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/electricwhip.com\/?p=3931"},"modified":"2023-12-15T18:10:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-16T02:10:30","slug":"wisk-aero-generation-5-electric-air-taxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/electricwhip.com\/wisk-aero-generation-5-electric-air-taxi\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisk Aero Generation 5 Electric Air Taxi Completes First Public Flight"},"content":{"rendered":"
Becoming the first eVTOL firm to make public flights in Los Angeles, Wisk Aero has utilized their Generation 5 electric air taxi for autonomous passenger flights tested at Long Beach airport. The goal of the tests was to improve upon the 1,700 tests that were previously run. Wisk was able to do autonomous operations in real world settings alongside other aircraft operations thanks to these test flights.<\/p>\n
Wisk’s \u201cCora\u201d, a Wisk Aero Generation 5 electric air taxi eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft, enabled the multi-transition service during the Long Beach Festival of Flight. This is the second time that an autonomous eVTOL fixed wing aircraft had been seen in public after Wisk made its debut earlier this year in July at the EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.<\/p>\n
\u201cAutonomous flight is possible today and it\u2019s happening now in L.A.,\u201d said Wisk CEO Brian Yutko in a statement. \u201cLos Angeles is a target launch city for many in our industry and we are extremely proud to be the first air taxi company to fly in L.A. and to have done so with an autonomous aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n