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https://www.wsj.com/business/airlines/green-air-travel-aviation-industry-trump-906ecb81
In the Trump Era, Flying Green DoesnAt Matter Anymore
PresidentAs endorsement has pushed up air-taxi stocks, but development of
all types of zero-emission aircraft is falling by the wayside
By Jon Sindreu
Feb. 21, 2025 7:00 am ET
A model of a ZEROe hydrogen fuel cell powered aero engine, developed by
Airbus, on display at last yearAs VivaTech conference in Paris. Photo:
Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg News
Though investorsA attention has been focused on the failure of Nikola, the electric-truck maker that briefly had a higher market capitalization than
Ford Motor, a similar trend has been quietly playing out in aviation.
It was almost yesterday that this industry aimed for a utopian tomorrow of electric and hydrogen aircraft. And, judging by the rally in the stocks of
the makers of air taxisuproperly called electric vertical takeoff and
landing vehicles, or eVTOLuthis future is still on the table. Joby Aviation JOBY -3.70% decrease and Archer Aviation ACHR -6.12% decrease, which report earnings next week, are up 48% and 213%, respectively, since the Nov. 5 election. Investors seem to be putting a lot of weight on statements by President Trump and the new transportation secretary, Sean Duffy, arguing
that the U.S. must win the eVTOL race with China. ...
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