> Current battery technology is right on the edge of where it needs to be. It means most designs have to be pretty small, very light, and short range. 1-2 people. 30 to 100 miles. Not at all like an improved conventional small airplane, if that's what you wanted. To get around these limits, you "just" need either a revolution in batteries, or hybrid fuel/electric vehicles. The path to the engineering solutions is now clear, though social problems are still many.

Having to stop and switch battery packs / vehicles even at the low end of 30 miles doesn't seem like a big deal to me as a user. And if these are deployed as part of ride-share service which owns all the equipment, which I think would make sense, I think that type of model would be feasible.