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Long Beach Seeks an Advanced Air Mobility Future Through Wisk Partnership
Wisk Aero and Long Beach, California, will establish a working group dedicated to introducing and AAM ecosystem in the southern part of the state.
Wisk's fully autonomous Cora eVTOL aircraft has two seats.
Wisk Aero intends to offer autonomous eVTOL air taxi services with its two-seat Cora aircraft, which is already in flight testing. (Image: Wisk)

The Californian city of Long Beach has signaled its desire to include advanced air mobility (AAM) in its future public transportation plans through a partnership with eVTOL aircraft developer Wisk Aero. On February 22, the companies announced the establishment of a working group to evaluate opportunities and lay plans for their launch. Wisk and the Long Beach Economic Partnership (LBEP) co-chair the group.

Over the next two years, the working group will perform an analysis of the economic effect and workforce development, community acceptance and outreach, integration of autonomous AAM into city transportation plans, and federal and state government funding opportunities in the city. With support from Wisk, LBEP will coordinate the development of an economic impact study conducted by the Cal State Long Beach (CSULB) Office of Economic Research.