Embraer’s Eve Begins Electric Air Taxi Flight Tests

Company anticipates certification, first deliveries, and entry into service as soon as 2027.

Jack Daleo

Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 08:00 AM ET

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Travis Tingle

Eve Air Mobility’s electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi prototype lifts off for the first time. [Credit: Eve Air Mobility]

Key Takeaways:

Eve Air Mobility, Embraer's eVTOL subsidiary, successfully conducted the first uncrewed hover flight of its air taxi prototype.
The company targets ANAC type certification, initial customer deliveries, and entry into service by 2027, with the Brazilian regulator aiming for a potential 2026 timeline.
Eve is pursuing a "certify to fly, not fly to certify" approach, prioritizing extensive ground testing and regulatory compliance before initiating a comprehensive flight test campaign.
The air taxi features a distinct design with vertical-lift propellers and a rigid wing, aiming for a piloted launch with four passengers and a 60-mile range, backed by approximately 2,800 preorders.

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Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis are getting closer to reality.

Days after Boeing’s Wisk Aero shared the maiden sortie of its Generation 6 prototype, Eve Air Mobility, the eVTOL aircraft arm of Embraer, announced the first flight of its own air taxi. The uncrewed hover flight of Eve’s “engineering prototype”—a full-scale, nonconforming variant of the model it aims to certify with the FAA, Brazil’s National Civil Aviation Agency (ANAC), and other regulators—lasted about one minute, the company told FLYING.