Meet the latest self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing air taxi from Wisk Aero, which is also apparently the first-ever candidate for type certification by the FAA of an autonomous eVTOL. This is the …
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Heart Aerospace unveils new electric aircraft; Air Canada invests and orders 30 planes
by 9SIX39 viewsAir Canada announced that it invested in Heart Aerospace, an electric airplane startup, and it is ordering 30 units of a new version of its first electric aircraft.
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Overair is the latest eVTOL company working to bring urban air mobility to Los Angeles
by 9SIX46 viewsElectric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Overair announced a partnership with Urban Movement Labs (UML) to help expedite urban air mobility (UAM) in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The partnership is one of several with …
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Wisk Aero, the California-based eVTOL company from Google co-founder Larry Page, recently announced a $450 million funding boost from The Boeing Company to further develop its Cora, an electric VTOL aircraft that the company plans to …
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Hybrid electric aircraft builder Electra secures series A funding from Lockheed Martin
by 9SIX143 viewsThe venture capital arm of the Lockheed Martin Corporation invested in Electra, Inc.’s Series A funding round last week, giving the company’s electric short takeoff and landing (eSTOL) aircraft concept a double injection of …
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Skyportz signs agreement with airport parking company to build 400 eVTOL vertiports
by 9SIX165 viewsThe air-taxi infrastructure hopefuls at Skyportz have expanded their plans to provide eVTOL takeoff and landing sites throughout Australia by partnering an with airport and parking garage that’s looking for a new lifeline. Changes …
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AutoFlight establishes first location in Europe and is seeking certification for its 4 passenger eVTOL taxi by 2025
by 9SIX117 viewsChinese eVTOL developer AutoFlight is showcasing its global expansion by officially entering Europe. The company has set up shop at Augsburg Airport in Germany, as it now seeks to to achieve certification from the European Aviation …
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Special forces testing Black Hawk helicopter with side-mounted electric motorcycles
by 9SIX133 viewsElectric two-wheelers have become an area of intense research and testing for special operations forces around the world. The latest example we’re seeing is a novel application of a helicopter outfitted with a pair …
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European aerospace firm Airbus has now presented the electric air taxi CityAirbus in Ingolstadt, Germany, which will become a testing ground for testing this transport technology. Ingolstadt is a member of the Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Initiative project, …
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Electric aircraft gear up for operations at Heathrow by mid-2020s Vertical’s electric aircraft would give more people easy access to UK’s hub airport, and reduce congestion and emissions on local roads