Trump wipes the way for the Dystopian air taxi future

Donald Trump, who was Supported by a group of technical billionaires During these last presidential elections, it is preoccupied with the transformation of America into a pictorial dysfunction of companies directly from science fiction films in the eighties that these billionaires liked for all wrong reasons. For one thing, Trump has I completely embraced artificial intelligenceTo reduce what was there a little organization under the Biden Administration, in an attempt to liberate the already flourishing and disturbing new industry. It is also recently Pave the way For more self -driving cars on American roads. Now, Trump turns his attention to air taxis.

Friday, the previous Road rules Contestant Trump’s Minister of Transport, Sean Duffy, revealed a plan for “”Advanced air mobility vehicles Rapid track. “This plan includes a experimental program, called it” Experimental program for vertical boot and landing (EIPP)Which will consist of a partnership between the public and private sectors that includes the government and an unknown number of airlines. The program will include “at least five” projects, and will take place over three years. The government also says that government governments and local governments will be asked to work with participating companies to reach new regulatory frameworks to accommodate new vehicles.

What kind of needs will these new experimental compounds serve? The government includes short -range airfare flights, “self -wings flights”, air flights about transporting goods, logistics, emergency management supplies, as well as medical transportation or external energy assistance.

Trump helped the program to go down Executive It was passed in June, which was called “American drone dominance”, which was designed “to accelerate the safe marketing of drone technologies and fully integrated UAS into the national airspace.” EO, with the promotion of drone production, creates an EVTOL integration experimental program in an attempt to “accelerate the deployment of safe and legitimate EvTol operations in the United States.”

Duffy said on Friday: “The following great technological revolution in aviation is here. The United States will lead the road, and this will enhance America’s position as a global leader in creating transport.” “This means more high -wage manufacturing functions and economic opportunities. By testing these future air fare deployment, we can improve how the public and the main mobile products move.”

Despite the dream of “airlines” (something was promising technology industry For many years) The term is mainly the marketing of speaking for new types of hybrid air vehicles. Silicon Valley has always sought to create a market for these vehicles, but it must be proven safe and effective according to federal standards first. Well, you thought that, however. New York Times Reports that The new program “testing limited electrical taxis operations before they are officially adopted by the Federal Aviation Administration”, which is related to the development that despite the Trump Administration training course – which seems to always grant “innovation” and work concerns about any organizational commodity (you know, such as making sure that the car is safe before you wear your home).

It is not clear how the local regulatory frameworks of these experimental programs will look, or whether it will happen at all, but, as you know, we hope it will be strict enough to save us from any unfortunate incidents.

Companies are already floating well to participate. On the same day that the DOT advertisement, a company called Archer Aviation Announce “It will be aimed at participating in the newly established EVTOL experimental program (EIPP).” The company, which runs a future air car, said it is looking to cooperate with the main airlines. “Archer is now exploring paths to work with American airlines, including United Airways, and the cities interested in the framework of the new program to design and implement the experimental operations of the Midnight of the Artcher Midnight as part of the EIPP,” says the press statement. The company added: “Experiments are expected to focus on showing that Evtol operations are safe, calm and developed.”

Gizmodo communicates with the Trump administration to ask if it has decided to participate. We will update this post if we hear again.