Flying Cars - Drones and EVTOLs with Ian Villa

The flying car episode. We dive into the drone market and the emerging EVTOL category - electric takeoff and landing vehicles - with Ian Villa, co-founder of Whisper Aero. We talk aircraft design - electric planes vs EVTOLs - breakthroughs in batteries, regulation, the operating costs of electric aircraft, the unit economics of aerial ride sharing, and Ian’s vision for what cities could look like if EVTOLs take off.

Ian Villa is co-founder and COO of Whisper Aero, an electric aircraft company building the first silent jet engines. Prior to Whisper, he was at Uber elevate where he was Head of Strategy working on how to actually get to market with drones and flying cars. That’s where our conversation picks up. I hope you enjoy this show with Ian Villa.

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