Air TaxiJoby demonstrates potential for emissions-free regional journeys with landmark 523-mile hydrogen-electric flight - July 11 Santa Cruz, CA, Jul 11, 2024 — Joby Aviation, Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), a next generation aviation company, today announced it has successfully flown a first-of-its-kind hydrogen-electric air taxi demonstrator 523 miles, with water…
AI & AutonomyWisk Unveils Its 6th-Generation Autonomous eVTOL Aircraft Wisk Aero just revealed its 6th-generation air taxi, an autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The company claims that this vehicle, which is its go-to-market aircraft, is the first autonomous…
Air TaxiEHang Releases Q2 Financial Results Showing Increased Total Revenue and Net Loss of $11M Electric air taxi developer EHang announced financial results for the second quarter of 2022 on August 18, following financial updates from two other leading electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developers,…
Air TaxiVolocopter’s Third eVTOL Prototype VoloConnect Makes Its First Flight German urban air mobility company Volocopter just announced that the four-seater VoloConnect aircraft completed its first flight in May. The VoloConnect, an electric fixed-wing passenger aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing,…
Air TaxiFormer Airbus CEO Joins Board of German Electric Air Taxi Startup Lilium Tom Enders, the former CEO of Airbus, is joining the board of directors for German electric air taxi developer Lilium after being asked to take the position by the startup’s co-founder a…
Air TaxiVolocopter Opens 1,000 Reservations for First Commercial Flights German air taxi developer Volocopter announced at Greentech Festival in Berlin it will take 1,000 reservations to be among the first to fly the aircraft once it is certified and available for…
Air TaxiVertical Aerospace Reveals ‘VA-1X’ Air Taxi, Targets 2024 for Commercial Operations Vertical Aerospace, Britain’s leading entrant in the race to commercialize electric vertical flight, unveiled the VA-1X, a vectored-thrust air taxi that represents a significant departure from the company’s previous multicopter design. Specs…
Air TaxiUber Elevate Adds Hyundai as First Automotive Vehicle Partner Hyundai unveiled an electric VTOL aircraft concept, called the ‘S-A1’, that it plans to certify and mass-produce by the late 2020s. The automaker also joined Uber Elevate, the rideshare giant’s air taxi…
Air TaxiVolocopter Receives First eVTOL Design Organization Approval from EASA Volocopter received Design Organization Approval (DOA) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), becoming the first aerospace company focused on electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to do so in the process.…