Located less than three miles from the heart of America's third most populous city, Vertiport Chicago seems as if it would be just the type of ground infrastructure that eVTOL aircraft operators are crying out for. And yet the Windy City hasn't featured on the target list for possible early adopters of the type of air transportation service being offered by pioneers such as Joby, Archer, Lilium, and Volocopter.
One factor could be that the Midwest's harsh winters will prove challenging to the new aircraft. Their developers appear not to have a plan for getting approval for them to operate in known icing conditions, which can be easily avoided in locations such as Los Angeles and Miami.
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