Embraer’s Eve Rolls Out First Air Taxi Prototype
The manufacturer joins a select group of companies that have unveiled a completed full-scale prototype of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) design.
The manufacturer joins a select group of companies that have unveiled a completed full-scale prototype of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) design.
AirX also becomes the Brazilian manufacturer’s first services and operations solutions and Vector software customer in Japan.
Company plans to have FAA certification by late 2024 and launch service the next year.
Beginning in New York and Los Angeles, Delta and Joby plan to integrate Joby’s services as a premium shuttle service to and from airports where Delta operates. This will run alongside Joby’s planned airport services, making the partnership mutually exclusive in the U.S. and the U.K. for half a decade after Joby’s commercial launch.
The Embraer spinoff predicts Chicago could support a fleet of 240 air taxis by 2035.
United signs a conditional $15 million deal with Eve to buy electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft.
Following in the footsteps of several air taxi competitors, Brazil’s Embraer (NYSE: ERJ) announced Monday it has spun off its Eve Urban Air Mobility electric vertical takeoff and landing arm through a merger with a special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC).
Brazil’s Eve Air Mobility has announced a strategic partnership with France-based aviation giant Thales to help develop avionics, flight control, navigation, communication, and connectivity systems for Eve’s proposed new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi.
A shareholder proxy vote on the union that would take Embraer’s eVTOL company public has been scheduled for May 6.
Embraer’s Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions on Monday announced an order from Australian tourist airline Sydney Seaplanes to buy 50 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis.