Could Eve Air Mobility’s Steady Approach to AAM Pay Off?

Launched in 2020, Eve is a newer entrant to the advanced air mobility space, but it has the backing of parent Embraer.

Jack Daleo

Wednesday, June 18, 2025 at 02:39 PM ET

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Eve displayed a mockup of its flagship electric air taxi at the Paris Air Show. [Jack Daleo/FLYING]

Key Takeaways:

Eve Air Mobility, an Embraer spin-off, prioritizes a maturity-focused development strategy over early prototype flights, leveraging Embraer's proven processes, technology, and regulatory relationships.
The company has garnered significant market interest with around 2,800 non-binding orders, recently securing its first binding agreement for up to 50 aircraft with Revo/OHI and another LOI for 54 aircraft with Future Flight Global.
Eve is targeting urban, regional, and tourism air mobility markets, aiming for an engineering prototype test flight this summer and expecting first deliveries by late 2027.

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PARIS—Spun out of Embraer in 2020, electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi developer Eve Air Mobility is younger than competitors like Archer Aviation, Joby Aviation, Beta Technologies, and Boeing’s Wisk Aero. Unlike Eve, each of those companies have flown eVTOL prototypes. But Luiz Valentini, chief technology officer of the Brazilian company, told FLYING it is unfazed.

“[Ours is] not a process focused on flying as early as possible,” Valentini said. “It’s a process focused on advancing with the right maturity level at each time in the project.”