A San Jose startup has promised to fly commuters over choked Bay Area traffic , in an aircraft that made its runway debut Thursday morning.
It may be the tech world’s best attempt to produce a flying car.
“Midnight,” by Archer Aviation, is a stylish four-seater electric plane, with twelve propellers distributed across its delicate wings. At 6,500 pounds, it weighs roughly as much as a Tesla SUV and thrums “100 times quieter” than a helicopter at cruising altitudes, according to Archer…