Cabdrivers don’t need to worry about being replaced by flying cars. Helicopter makers might need to a little bit.
Vertical Aerospace, a British startup devoted to the development of electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles, or eVTOL, has just received a preorder for 25 aircraft plus an option for 25 more from Bristow Group , a U.S.-owned operator of civil helicopters, the air-taxi company told The Wall Street Journal.