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Czech eVTOL startup Zuri came to our attention last year when it began hover tests of a long-range, hybrid-powered lift and cruise style aircraft. Today, the company unveiled its second-gen design, with a totally different tilting propulsion system.Con… Continue reading Zuri tilts to new propulsion system for its next-gen eVTOL air taxi
Joby Aviation has continued expanding the envelope on its S4 electric air taxi prototypes, and on Friday the California company registered what it believes is the fastest eVTOL test flight in history, hitting a true airspeed of 205 mph (330 km/h).
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Continue reading Joby S4 hits 205 mph, flying further and faster than any eVTOL to date
Zeva’s tail-sitting one-person eVTOL flying saucer proposes to fling its pilot head-first through the sky at high speed, encased in a stamped-composite disc body that doubles as a lift-generating wing. It’s far and away one of the strangest air taxi co… Continue reading Zeva presents the first flight video of its full-size eVTOL UFO
Bellwether has begun flight-testing its stunning Volar eVTOL flying supercar design at half scale, but the video appears to confirm our fears: all style with little substance, it appears to be a wobbly quadcopter drone with a flashy bodykit.Continue Re… Continue reading Bellwether releases profoundly uninspiring eVTOL test-flight footage
American eVTOL pioneer Joby Aviation is accelerating its path to FAA type certification, today unveiling a second pre-production prototype that’s already approved to join the company’s flight test program. It’ll take its first flights later this month…. Continue reading Joby accelerates certification effort with second pre-production eVTOL
American eVTOL pioneer Joby Aviation is accelerating its path to FAA type certification, today unveiling a second pre-production prototype that’s already approved to join the company’s flight test program. It’ll take its first flights later this month…. Continue reading Joby accelerates certification effort with second pre-production eVTOL
The UK’s Bellwether Industries has built and flown a half-scale prototype of its stunning Volar eVTOL, and is preparing to release footage. It’s the most brazenly futuristic design we’ve ever seen, a flying hypercar for a utopia even sci-fi doesn’t dar… Continue reading Bellwether’s gorgeous Volar eVTOL begins flight testing at half-scale
As lovers of future technology, we’re fascinated by the promise and potential of electric VTOL aircraft – and we spend a lot of time covering the many and varied approaches that hundreds of companies are racing to bring to market. But that doesn’t mean… Continue reading Helicopter CEO: eVTOLs have “precious little chance” and pose no threat
Palo Alto startup Archer has started flight tests with its autonomous, two-seat Maker demonstration aircraft, fulfilling a promise it made when it popped out of stealth mode 18 months ago to start demo flights by the end of 2021.Continue ReadingCategor… Continue reading Archer celebrates the first flight of its Maker eVTOL
Vertical Aerospace, operating out of Bristol, England, has announced more pre-sales than anyone else in the eVTOL industry – more than 1,350 aircraft to date, or US$5.4 billion dollars’ worth, and believes it will be one of the first companies to achie… Continue reading Vertical Aerospace targets 2024 certification on back of record pre-sales