Amazon And UPS Are Betting This Electric Aircraft Startup Will Change Shipping

<p>Beta Technologies' potentially groundbreaking electric aircraft Alia, which takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter, was designed primarily as a cargo aircraft, while its competitors are focused on transporting people. CEO Kyle Clark is betting that a big market will develop for speeding ecommerce to and from suburban warehouses long before air taxis are considered safe to allow over city streets.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>