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An electric propulsion specialist and a supercar designer have partnered up on an eye-catching three-seat eVTOL claiming 250-mph (400 km/h) top speeds and extraordinary 300-mile range figures, as well as some extreme flight dynamics and some nifty idea… Continue reading Urban eVTOL announces Leo, a 250-mph hypercar for the skies
Though Eviation’s nine-seat all-electric passenger aircraft is not due to make its first flight until later this year, the company is already looking to diversify into cargo hauling, with the announcement that DHL Express has placed an order for 12 eCa… Continue reading DHL Express to fly packages in all-electric Alice eCargo airplane
Japan’s Tetra Aviation won a hundred-grand “disruptor award” at the GoFly personal flight contest last year, and has now presented its first commercial product at OshKosh: a 33-rotor Mk5 personal eVTOL it hopes to begin delivering to buyers in 2022.Con… Continue reading Tetra Aviation debuts single-seat buy ‘n’ fly personal eVTOL
Lilium has become the latest eVTOL manufacturer to announce a significant provisional aircraft sale – this time, a 220-unit, billion-dollar deal with Azul in Brazil, which values the electric seven-seat Lilium Jets at around US$4 million apiece.Continu… Continue reading Lilium touts billion-dollar, 220-unit eVTOL sale to Brazilian airline
Southern California’s PteroDynamics has somehow escaped our attention thus far, but this company’s radically different take on the electric VTOL aircraft is well worth a look, and the company claims this will be the most efficient design by far.Continu… Continue reading Radically different Transwing eVTOL design offers some huge advantages
Joby has flown a new record distance for a full-sized eVTOL aircraft on a single battery charge, covering 154.6 miles (249 km) in a single 77-minute flight, complete with energy-gobbling vertical takeoff and landing phases.Continue ReadingCategory: Air… Continue reading Joby sets new record with 154.6-mile eVTOL flight
As it aggressively pursues a future where flying taxis carry people and cargo between busy urban centers, German aviation startup Volocopter has ticked off an important milestone not just for itself, but the industry as a whole. At the Oshkosh air show… Continue reading Volocopter performs first crewed public eVTOL flight in the US
Joby Aviation has released new video showing a “complete flight profile” of its eVTOL air taxi, and also announced its plans to create (and profit from) a new carbon credit trading system similar to the one that’s kept Tesla profitable for some time.Co… Continue reading Joby shows complete eVTOL flight video, and clever carbon credit play
With a view to servicing regional routes, Swedish startup Heart Aerospace is developing an all-electric aircraft designed for short trips that simply aren’t economically feasible for conventional planes. The company has just attracted a new round of in… Continue reading Heart’s ES-19 electric plane is built for clean inter-city travel
As it edges towards the first flights for its Alice aircraft, Eviation has finally unveiled what it says is the production version of the all-electric nine-seater. This final configuration is the one the aviation startup will move forward with as it pu… Continue reading Alice electric plane ditches a motor as it gears up for first flight