Companies envision taxis flying above jammed traffic

This undated and unlocated image released by Wisk Aero LLC, shows the company’s all-electric, self-flying, vertical takeoff and landing air taxi. Companies such as Archer, Joby and Wisk are working on electric-powered aircraft that take off and land vertically like helicopters then propel forward like planes. — Handout/Wisk Aero LLC/AFP

SAN FRANCISCO: As urban traffic gets more miserable, entrepreneurs are looking to a future in which commuters hop into “air taxis” that whisk them over clogged roads.

Companies such as Archer, Joby and Wisk are working on electric-powered aircraft that take off and land vertically like helicopters then propel forward like planes.