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When will it be relatively normal to request a ride from a flying taxi? Within the next decade, at least according to our guests today: Stuart Simpson, CEO of Vertical Aerospace, and Jason Mudrick, the company’s largest shareholder and founder of Mudrick Capital Management. Vertical Aerospace is one of three companies trying to make flying taxis a reality now. This week, Stuart and Mudrick tell Henry about the electric aircraft the company is already flying and what it will take to bring it to market. 

00:02:00 Why problem do flying taxis solve now?
00:03:15 What the aircraft looks like
00:05:44 Story of industry - from fantasy to funding frenzy to flying
00:07:45 How electric flying taxis could be cheaper than helicopters
00:09:00 Can the economics really work?
00:11:04 How safe is the aircraft
00:16:35 How regulation works - and how product will get to market
00:19:02 When will normal people get access to flying taxis?
00:19:50 Use cases for the future
00:21:45 How will air traffic control work
00:30:00 Why Mudrick, a self-described contrarian investor, invested in Vertical Aerospace
00:34:27 Vertical Aerospace vs competitors (& does it have enough money?)
00:36:00 How Vertical stands apart
00:42:15 Electric batteries core to business model