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I think there is an interesting problem to solve here is one of mass production. To be cost competitive these vehicles need to be produced as scale. This is not

by sonium 9y ago

I think there is an interesting problem to solve here is one of mass production. To be cost competitive these vehicles need to be produced as scale. This is nothing that the traditional aircraft business has experience with, but car manufacturars have plenty. This reflects in the savety architecture of airplanes vs cars: Airplanes rely on redundancy, which makes manuacturing more expensive but. Cars on the other hand try not to break in the first place, which is ensured through exhaustive testing and monitoring of the production chain. I think the winner will be the one who brings these two worlds together.

hexane360 9y ago
>Airplanes rely on redundancy, which makes manuacturing more expensive but. Cars on the other hand try not to break in the first place, which is ensured through exhaustive testing and monitoring of the production chain. I don't agree with this. You're missing a variable: safety factor. Cars try to minimize safety factor to save money and weight, airplanes often have more regulations to prevent this. Cars definitely break more often then airplanes. Also, keep in mind that aircraft can rely on preventative maintenance by trained professionals. Cars really can't, meaning they have to simplify their components and assembly a lot.