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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
In a major jump into the era of eVTOL air taxis and multicopter cargo drones, the US FAA has issued new regulations that introduce the first new aircraft category, called “power-lift” aircraft, since modern helicopters were introduced in the 1940s.Cont… Continue reading FAA creates America’s first new aircraft category since the 1940s
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
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
It’s the first flight of its kind ever announced, an enormous technical milestone, an absolute demolition of Joby’s previous 154-mile (248-km) record, and a strong move that looks beyond the company’s first priority: putting battery-powered air taxi op… Continue reading Joby’s 523-mile eVTOL flight: A huge leap for hydrogen aviation
After nailing its first full-size electric take-off and landing (eVTOL) transition in 2022 with the Maker technology demonstrator, Archer Aviation has revealed that its Midnight aircraft has successfully transitioned from hover to horizontal flight, be… Continue reading Archer’s Midnight air taxi completes first transition flight
Ever since its launch, we thought Vermont’s Beta Technologies might prove itself the real deal in an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) world dominated by renderings, concepts, prototypes and other “maybe somedays.”Continue ReadingCategory: … Continue reading Video: Beta Alia nails first manned eVTOL transition to cruise flight
How did we miss this one? This Spanish eVTOL has been flying in prototype form for a number of years now, using a unique 4×4-prop FlyFree tilting mechanism designed to keep the cabin level – and a new five-seat design takes things up a level.Continue R… Continue reading Video: Odd Spanish eVTOL demonstrates fractal propulsion system