Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft promise a quieter, greener future of urban mobility. However, limited battery range restricts their potential. Joby Aviation, a leading eVTOL developer, believes itContinue Reading
Archer Aviation’s Maker eVTOL has conducted the world’s first “transition flight,” in which the air taxi prototype successfully transitioned from vertical, “rotary wing” flying to horizontal, “wing-borne” cruising. The successfulContinue Reading
There is a high need for eVTOL crafts that can function as both aircraft and helicopters and can meet human demands even in urban areas. While there aren’t many flyingContinue Reading
Volkswagen Group China presented its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype today as part of its ambition to research and pioneer entirely electric and sustainable individualContinue Reading
Last Monday, NASA began flight testing, Joby Aviation’s all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft as part of the agency’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) National Campaign. This testing runs throughContinue Reading
Earlier this month, the Japanese company, SkyDrive, completed the country’s first manned flight of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL). The test flight mainly involved lifting off theContinue Reading
Working at a Chinese time pace, eHang is readying the launch of the very first eVTOL urban air mobility (UAM) service in Guangzhou, China, this December. It wants to become a full-stackContinue Reading
South African urban air mobility (UAM) startup Pegasus Universal Aerospace, founded in 2012, has an interesting electric vertical take-off & landing (eVTOL) aircraft that can also operate as an electricContinue Reading
