Transportation

Legislators tout potential of advanced air mobility

‘If your state is not moving forward with aeronautics and aviation, you’re going to fall behind.’
A eVTOL flying concept car from AeroHT, an affiliate of Chinese automaker XPENG is displayed during Auto China 2024 held in Beijing, Thursday, April 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

BOSTON — Electric aircraft could one day replace noisy tourist helicopters in Hawaii. Drones could deliver refrigerated medicines to patients in rural Oklahoma.

Those were two of the scenarios sketched out by legislators and aviation experts during a panel at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual summit.

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