'Now begins the exciting stage': Oxfordshire electric air taxi testing hub given green light

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Credit: Bicester Motion and Skysports
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Credit: Bicester Motion and Skysports

The Bicester vertiport is set to host test flights for a range of electric vertical take off and landing aircraft including Vertical Aerospace's VX4 prototype

Zero emission air taxis may have moved a step closer to take-off in the UK, with plans for a vertiport testbed for the novel aircraft having this week secured planning permission at a site in Oxfordshire....

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