Congratulations
procede
Your post qualifies as the first EVTOL "fear, uncertainty & doubt" with shades of the early EV car doubters. The machine featured on the video is a production standard example and is the first to be flown manually. All previous examples were "experimental" and also flown remotely. FAA certification is proceeding (see what I did there) and all we need to do is have a little patience to see this come to fruition over the next year or so.
an empty aircraft with near to no range
It has the range it was designed for.....100 miles. Given that the LA basin initial operations have already been given Part 135 certification with planned networks of less than 100 miles I reckon 2025 will their Tesla moment...