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Austrian aviation company CycloTech has revealed it’s building a demonstrator version of an eVTOL to showcase its propulsion system for electric flight. The firm is hoping to take the wraps off its BlackBird flying car by the end of this year, and comm… Continue reading CycloTech’s 750-lb CycloRotor-powered eVTOL aims for takeoff in 2025
Seven years after its first test flight, German electric air taxi manufacturer Lilium has run out of funding and filed for insolvency for its two primary subsidiaries.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: Lilium, eVTOL, Air Taxis, Flying t… Continue reading eVTOL taxi startup Lilium is out of money and filing for insolvency
Jetson Founder Tomasz Patan is clearly getting very comfortable with the Jetson One eVTOL’s flight control system … Watch him wrench the controls around to show off how sharply – and safely – this thing can handle tight turns in flight.Continue Readi… Continue reading Watch: Jetson founder pushes the limits of ‘Freestyle’ eVTOL agility
Henry Ford did not invent the motor car. The key to his success was his introduction of the moving assembly line and the affordable cars it could produce.Continue ReadingCategory: TransportTags: Xpeng Unicorn, AeroHT, Xpeng, Ehang, GAC, eVTOL, SUV, Ele… Continue reading Personal “Aircraft Carrier” & eVTOL set to become Model T of 3D transport
Volocopter’s plans to trial passenger flights in its striking electric air taxi from a floating platform on the River Seine during the Olympics have been thwarted by bureaucracy. However, the company has managed to kick off the eVTOL operational valida… Continue reading Stunning eVTOL lifts off after setback of Olympic proportions
China’s AutoFlight currently holds the record for world’s longest eVTOL flight with the 155.7-mile (250.6-km) mark it set in 2023 in the dramatic Prosperity air taxi designed by former McLaren and Lilium draft king Frank Stephenson. Now its robust batt… Continue reading CATL throws its world-leading ultra-range battery muscle into eVTOLs
Last time we looked in on aerospace motor startup H3X, it was still in the perinatal stages, with little more than renderings and big plans to create the most power-dense motors known to man. Since then, it’s gotten its first round of motors out to cus… Continue reading Ultra-power-dense megawatt motor could double electric aircraft range
Eve has unveiled its first full-sized prototype eVTOL (electric Vertical Take-off and Landing) air taxi today during the UK’s 45th Farnborough Airshow. It’s called the Eve Air Mobility.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, TransportTags: eVTOL, Air Taxis… Continue reading World’s best-selling air taxi: Florida company unveils new prototype
Vertical Aerospace has pulled back the hanger doors on the second full-scale prototype of its four-passenger VX4 tilt-rotor eVTOL aircraft. The latest flavor has been given a significant power boost, and features proprietary batteries for the first tim… Continue reading VX4 tilt-rotor eVTOL gets 20% power boost ahead of flight tests
Austrian startup FlyNow is opening manufacturing facilities in Saudi Arabia, after the announcement that “thousands” of its coaxial twin-rotor helicopters will transport visitors at the upcoming World Expo in Riyadh.Continue ReadingCategory: Aircraft, … Continue reading “Thousands” of electric heli-pods ordered for upcoming World Expo