Yes, there are companies such as Volocopter and Archer Aviation trying to build electric air taxis, and some prototypes have already flown. They aim at point-to-point travel between suburbs and urban centers and are usually electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircrafts.
There are worries about their safety. EVTOLs typically rely heavily on distributed propulsion systems consisting of small electric motors driving propellers or fans to gain lift. While an airplane can rely on the lift of the wings to land safely and a helicopter can use the lift of the rotor through autorotating, an eVTOL doesn't have a good way of passively generating lift when it loses power. Current solution from the manufactures is relying on backup systems and the simplicity -less moving parts to fail- of electric propulsion, and regulations are still to be made.
The noise problem is less severe. According to the acoustic test conducted by NASA and Joby Aviation on an eVTOL, the loudest noise was below 65 dBA at 100m, a typical community proximity to the aircraft. This is approximately the same noise level of a normal conversation or a bustling business office.
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