Some local residents stop to take photos. Others, like taxi driver Xiao Weiguo, feel apprehensive. He has been driving a taxi for 14 years and said he spots a robot taxi every day on his shift.

Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, at an event in September, said that air taxis will soon be a “reality in India,” indicating the government’s interest in supporting the new ...

which US companies hope to use as flying taxis someday. The highlight of the Special Federal Aviation Regulation is a section that allows eVTOL pilot training with one set of controls instead of ...