# @wsj on YouTube

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Z2TXNPB81vo
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/36120573-wsj-youtube
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/1d0dde0f17.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-10-22T16:01:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) — https://gondola.cc/WSJ

## Caption

Electric vertical takeoff and landing aircrafts, or eVTOLs, promise a futuristic vision of the world. One company, Pivotal, is taking a different approach with an eVTOL looks different from the rest of the market. Their ultralight consumer eVTOL weighs just 348 pounds, has eight propellers and does not require a pilot’s license to operate. 

WSJ explores how Pivotal’s ultralight eVTOL works.

Chapters:
0:00 Pivotal’s eVTOL
0:37 The physical aircraft
3:10 Flight controls and software
5:14 Applications and challenges

Tech Behind 
'The Tech Behind' explores the amazing engineering, computing, science and algorithms that power our favorite tech.

#eVTOL #Tech #WSJ

## Stats

- **Views:** 2,025,448
- **Likes:** 13,705
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- **Comments:** 2,445

## Tags

evtol, wsj, tech

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