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Could air taxis help Texans skip traffic? Testing is now underway

Texas is taking a leading role in testing electric air taxis, launching a three-year pilot program to explore the ways highly automated aircraft could eventually carry cargo and passengers. National and local leaders launched Project Nexus on Thursday, with Texas leading a multistate effort to test the aircraft.

Could air taxis help Texans skip traffic? Testing is now underway

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Texas is taking a leading role in testing electric air taxis, launching a three-year pilot program to explore the ways highly automated aircraft could eventually carry cargo and passengers.

National and local leaders launched Project Nexus on Thursday, with Texas leading a multistate effort to test the aircraft.

I mean, literally, this is the Jetsons age," Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division Director Daniel Harmon said.

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Texas is taking a leading role in testing electric air taxis, launching a three-year pilot program to explore the ways highly automated aircraft could eventually carry cargo and passengers. National and local leaders launched Project Nexus on Thursday, with Texas leading a multistate effort to test the aircraft. I mean, literally, this is the Jetsons age," Texas Department of Transportation Aviation Division Director Daniel Harmon said.

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  • The electric aircraft combine characteristics commonly associated with airplanes, drones and helicopters but represent a different form of highly automated aviation technology.

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