Electric air taxis are stuck in the courtroom

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How it started

Last year, 2 of the starring aerial taxi companies successful the US, Joby Aviation and Archer Aviation, sued each other, with Joby accusing Archer of firm espionage and Archer claiming that Joby was concealing its ties to China. Then, successful February of this year, Archer filed a patent infringement suit against a antithetic aerial taxi rival, Vertical A …

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