Imagine a cleaner, faster and affordable transportation alternative for people living in congested urban areas. While this might sound like the same pitch made by dozens of other companies, Detroit-based Aviation Experience Technologies (ASX) just announced a campaign to raise seed money for full-scale eVTOL development, testing, and certification of an electric vertical takeoff and landing tilt-wing (eVTOL) aircraft affectionately dubbed MOBi-One. The effort will support Uber Technologies Urban Air Mobility program, UberAir and aims to produce and operate fleets of safe and reliable aircraft that will make smart cities even smarter, vastly reduce commute times and all while producing zero operational emissions .
ASX Launches Seed Funding Effort to Build Urban eVTOL
Key Takeaways:
- Detroit-based Aviation Experience Technologies (ASX) is developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) tilt-wing aircraft called MOBi-One to offer cleaner, faster, and more affordable urban transportation.
- ASX is launching a seed funding campaign to support full-scale development, testing, and FAA certification of MOBi-One, building on successful flight tests of subscale concept vehicles.
- MOBi-One aims to reduce commute times significantly with zero operational emissions, targeting cargo deliveries by 2023 and passenger service by 2024, with potential integration into programs like UberAir.
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