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While pilots commonly use an autopilot when cruising at high altitudes, they typically switch to manual control when entering crowded lower airspaces. However, what if the plane has no pilot? Well, a new AI autopilot system for busy airspaces may be th… Continue reading AI autopilot could let autonomous aircraft fly in busy airspaces
With the increasing development of eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) “air taxis,” it shouldn’t come as a surprise that automakers are moving into the field. This week, Volkswagen Group China unveiled its own effort, in the form of the V.MO… Continue reading VW throws its hat into the eVTOL ring, with the “Flying Tiger” V.MO
Toronto’s Horizon Aircraft has unveiled a 50% prototype of its gorgeous – and very unique – electric VTOL air taxi. The Cavorite X5 separates itself from the pack as the only eVTOL that completely covers its lift fans for super low-drag cruise flight.C… Continue reading Horizon presents a 50% scale prototype of its badass Cavorite X5 eVTOL
Embraer spinoff Eve has changed tack on its eVTOL aircraft design, unveiling a new single-wing lift and cruise design, as well as a refreshingly utilitarian-looking mockup of its passenger cabin, at this week’s Farnborough air show outside London.Conti… Continue reading Eve ditches its pretty canard eVTOL design for something simpler
Battery-electric VTOL aircraft should do a superb job as short-range cross-town air taxis, but there are a whole lot of other trips they could handle quicker and more conveniently than existing transport options if they could just fly a bit further. Se… Continue reading New Rolls-Royce turbogenerator upgrades any eVTOL’s range and payload
The eVTOL age is just a couple of years from dawning. We caught up with Archer’s Director of Business Development, Andrew Cummins, to learn what the first steps will look like when electric air taxis begin taking to the skies in 2024-25.Continue Readin… Continue reading Archer outlines what its early eVTOL air taxi service will look like
Shanghai-based eVTOL company Autoflight has been ploughing through flight tests of late as it continues to develop its Prosperity I eVTOL air taxi. The company has now released a largely uncut 8-minute video showing an entire test flight, with sound.Co… Continue reading Autoflight releases full-length eVTOL flight test video
America’s leading eVTOL company has received Part 135 certification from the FAA, so it can now begin offering on-demand commercial air taxi operations. Not with its eVTOL aircraft, mind you – that’s still a long way from being type approved.Continue R… Continue reading Joby receives FAA Air Carrier certification to start air taxi services
Shanghai’s TCab Tech has become one of China’s leading eVTOL contenders, claiming it’s now made many test flights validating its 50-percent scale prototype E20 air taxi design in vertical lift and hover mode, as well as transitions to winged cruise fli… Continue reading China’s TCab E20 eVTOL prototype is making regular transition flights
One of eVTOL companies’ core promises is that these electric air taxis will be vastly quieter than helicopters – so quiet that we’ll be able to fill the skies with hundreds of them without subjecting city dwellers to brutal levels of added noise pollut… Continue reading NASA acoustic testing puts real numbers on Joby’s eVTOL noise signature