Air TaxiHow is Joby Preparing for a 2024 Launch of its Electric Air Taxi Joby Aviation wants to launch its electric air taxi in just three short years which could make it one of the first in the industry to do so. During a "Revolution.Aero" webinar…
Air TaxiUber Elevate Acquired by Joby Aviation Uber Technologies is making a $75 million investment in Joby Aviation that includes the acquisition of Uber’s electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) company, Uber Elevate, according to a Dec. 8 press…
Air TaxiWhat the First Passenger Air Taxi Services Will Look Like The early days of passenger air taxi service are likely to be more conventional than one would expect from what has been hyped as a transportation revolution. The aircraft will, of course,…
Air TaxiDefining the Market for Air Taxis: Short Urban Hops, or Longer-Range Transport? For all the hype surrounding high-speed urban air taxis, Munich, Germany-based consultancy Roland Berger believes that shorter distance, on-demand urban use case accounts for just 10 percent of the potential market for…
Air TaxiUber Elevate Adds Hidden Level as Sensor, Airspace Awareness Partner Uber Elevate added sensor and data processing company Hidden Level to its ecosystem to further its development of safe, reliable low-altitude operations in the national airspace. Through the non-exclusive partnership, Uber intends…
Air TaxiThrough Agility Prime, Air Force Commits to Commercial Success of Air Taxis During the Agility Prime virtual kickoff event, speakers from across NASA, the U.S. Air Force, the Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration underlined the military and economic importance of U.S.…
Air TaxiWill Hydrogen Fuel Cells Play a Role in the VTOL Revolution? Almost all players in the emerging urban air mobility industry have converged on the idea of using fully-electric aircraft, powered by lithium-ion batteries, to create affordable aerial transit options for relatively short…
Air TaxiUber’s Aerial Rideshare Project ‘Entering the Next Phase’ SAN JOSE, Ca. — When Uber published a white paper in 2016 promising to build an affordable aerial rideshare service with all-electric aircraft, many viewed the project with the same seriousness as…
Air TaxiJaunt Air Mobility Signs MoU with BAE Systems on Electric Energy Management Systems BAE Systems signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jaunt Air Mobility to develop electric energy management systems for their aircraft, which is one of Uber’s six announced partners for its Elevate…
Air TaxiUber Takes a Different Approach to Food Delivery By Drone Uber released its latest design for a food delivery drone that will contribute to — rather than replace — their existing driver-focused delivery service. Equipped with six electric motors along two “wings”…