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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
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
Just weeks after its first manned flight in the California desert, Joby Aviation has taken its S4 eVTOL air taxi out for a piloted demo flight in the Big Apple, demonstrating just how much quieter and less disruptive it’ll be than a helicopter.Continue… Continue reading Joby makes a manned eVTOL air taxi flight in NYC
In a huge moment for the company – and the electric VTOL industry at large – Joby Aviation has officially started manned flight testing of its S4 eVTOL air taxi. Announcing the milestone with a video, Joby leads team USA in the race to certification.Co… Continue reading Joby is now test-flying its eVTOL air taxis with pilots on board
The first production prototype has rolled off Joby Aviation’s production line in Marina, California, and the FAA has cleared it to begin flight tests with a special airworthiness certificate. It’s likely to be the first eVTOL delivered to a customer.Co… Continue reading Joby’s first production eVTOL air taxi is cleared to fly
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
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
Joby Aviation has announced it’s back in the air after crashing one of its two tilt-rotor eVTOL prototypes during testing in February. The company says it’s continued making progress on multiple fronts of the labyrinthine task of FAA certification duri… Continue reading Joby returns to flight testing, continuing to tick certification boxes
Joby Aviation has announced an accident during flight testing of its market-leading eVTOL aircraft prototype. Flight tracking data appears to show the aircraft was being pushed over 270 mph (435 km/h), well beyond its advertised top speed of 200 mph (3… Continue reading Joby crashes one of its two eVTOL prototypes during high-speed testing
When it comes the the eVTOLs Joby Aviation is making as many moves as anyone, and its latest centers on new mobility options for the people of Japan. The startup has joined forces with the country’s largest airline to establish an aerial ridesharing se… Continue reading Joby partners with Japan’s largest airline on local flying taxi service