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Czech company Zuri has commenced hover testing on its first near-scale VTOL air taxi tech demonstrator. With a hybrid powertrain on board, this team promises real-world range figures up to 720 km (447 miles) at cruise speeds up to 320 km/h (200 mph).Co… Continue reading Hybrid Czech eVTOL begins hover tests, claiming 720-km range
Zeva is deadly serious about bringing this tail-sitting eVTOL flying saucer to market as a one-person air taxi, and if you can get over the idea of soaring above the city head-first, face-down and Superman-style, it’s got some interesting advantages.Co… Continue reading Zeva’s 160-mph electric UFO: An air taxi experience like no other
When the emerging history of electric VTOL aircraft is written, Thomas Senkel will undoubtedly be one of the first names that comes up. You might recognize him better sitting in a chair on top of a levitating yoga ball in the Wright Brothers moment of … Continue reading eVTOL pioneer Thomas Senkel unveils tandem-wing air taxi prototype
Volocopter’s ambitions in the flying taxi space have taken another step forward, with the startup’s electric aircraft performing its first crewed flight in South Korea. This also marks the country’s first demonstration of a crewed eVTOL aircraft, as it… Continue reading Volocopter performs South Korea’s first crewed air taxi flight
We’ve known for some time that Hyundai is making some serious moves to break into the eVTOL air taxi market, and now it’s spun off a company dedicated purely to air mobility. Supernal expects its electric VTOL aircraft to enter service in 2028.Continue… Continue reading Hyundai spins out its eVTOL air taxi business, naming it Supernal
Australian company AMSL Aero is preparing to start flight tests on what it claims will be the world’s most efficient eVTOL design, and one of the most affordable. This box-wing beauty, the Vertiia, will travel up to 1,000 km (620 miles) on a tank of hy… Continue reading Unique Aussie box-wing eVTOL promises radical efficiency and huge range
eHang certainly won’t be alone in the skies when China’s eVTOL air taxi market opens up. Two new projects have just been announced: the Autoflight V1500M, and the Pantuo Pantala – which frankly should be expecting a letter from Lilium’s lawyers.Continu… Continue reading Two new eVTOL projects emerge from China
Airbus has been quiet on the eVTOL front since its original CityAirbus multirotor and Vahana programs shut down, but at its “Pioneering Sustainable Airspace” summit, the company released details and images of a new electric air taxi it expects to get c… Continue reading Airbus’ return to the eVTOL air taxi is a bit of a head-scratcher
Most eVTOL startups are focused on air taxi applications, rocking between two and six seats – but a few are thinking bigger. GKN Aerospace and Kelekona, for example, are working to get 30 to 50-seat monsters into the skies, taking more of a mass transi… Continue reading Craft Aero proposes a new type of blown diamond box-wing 9-seat eVTOL
Lilium’s eVTOL is vastly different to anything else in the air taxi world, using 36 small ducted fans in place of larger open rotors. This has advantages and disadvantages, which we’ve discussed in detail before. Essentially, smaller fans make for vast… Continue reading Lilium releases 5th-gen eVTOL flight test footage with sound