January 6th, 2021 | by Jo Borrás
The CityHawk is much more than a few concept drawings. The vehicle has been in development since the company's inception in 2001, and an unmanned version of the CityHawk has been flying successfully for at least a year.
July 22nd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab say they have created a new battery electrolyte that is soft but solid to solve the dendrite problem in lithium-ion batteries.
April 20th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
The flying car got one step closer to reality earlier this month when the Japanese eVTOL company, SkyDrive, completed the country's first manned flight of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL)
April 7th, 2020 | by Jo Borrás
The mad scientists at Alauda are actually doing it -- the Airspeeder flying cars are going to happen. What's more, they're going to happen somewhat sooner than later thanks to a seven-figure round of fundraising from Australian technology venture capital firms Saltwater Capital and Jelix, FOREX trading and money management firm Equals, and German logistics company
April 5th, 2020 | by Chanan Bos
The biggest change worldwide in the last decade was probably the smartphone revolution, but overall, cities themselves still look pretty much the same. In the decade ahead, cities will change a lot more
February 10th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
California-based Wisk has signed an agreement with the government of New Zealand to test its autonomous electric air taxi in that country.
January 16th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Toyota has made a $394 million dollar investment in Joby Aviation, an eVTOL air taxi company based in California
January 15th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Quantum Air and OSM Aviation Group just announced an electric aircraft pilot training partnership. OSM Aviation Academy will conduct the Quantum-branded pilot training program according to FAA commercial standards. Electric urban air mobility (UAM) is taking shape one step at a time
January 14th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Hyundai Motor Company and Uber Elevate showed us a fairly complete urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) concept vehicle, autonomous pods, and a hub ecosystem that fits with Uber Elevate’s air taxi model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
January 4th, 2020 | by Nicolas Zart
Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) — a leading parachute safety company that won one of Revolution.Aero’s competitions earlier this year — says it has a parachute system that will work with eVTOL aircraft, even at low altitudes. I recently spoke with Larry Williams, CEO of ASR, on how the company’s parachute technology works, its application for eVTOL aircraft, and public perception
December 28th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Here’s more urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) and electric fixed-wing aircraft news for the last week of
December 22nd, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Predicting the future use of airspace — not knowing how it will be used, what types of aircraft will be made, and how to manage it safely — is hair raising to most. Major companies like Airbus and Dassault Systèmes, among others, are simulating our unknown electric air mobility future. But what does the future really hold
December 21st, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
The Munich-based aviation startup Lilium Jet has been busy and recently released a video of its successful 3-minute test flight on October 1st. Lilium tested controllability with banked turns in transition flight needed before certification and commercialization
December 21st, 2019 | by Chanan Bos
Last week when we attended the Amsterdam drone week, we ran into the CTO of Volocopter, Jan Hendrik Boelens, who was there to talk about mobility as a service. We made sure to catch up with him, talk about the latest company news, and clarify some of the questions about the Volocopter as well as its port and hub infrastructure. For those already familiar with Volocopter, I suggest you dive straight into our interview video
December 17th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Keep your eyes on the ball because electric aviation has taken off with such a steep angle of attack (AoA) that it makes the electric car world look like a snail race
December 11th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
January is always a tough month for us, with CES kicking off less than a week after New Year's Eve, and now the Transformative Vertical Flight 2020 Conference is two weeks later
November 15th, 2019 | by Nicolas Zart
Another week, another round of electric air mobility news, urban air mobility (UAM), and more green aviation
