Joby Aviation eVTOL Test Aircraft Crashes
A Joby Aviation experimental air-taxi prototype test article has been involved in an accident at its flight test facility in rural California, the company said Thursday.
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Volocopter Reveals Plans to Launch Singapore Air Taxis by 2024
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer Volocopter revealed a detailed plan this week to launch an urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem in Singapore as soon as 2024.
Joby Aviation Partners with Japan’s All Nippon Airways
The California-based electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) developer and All Nippon Airways aim to create a ride-sharing air taxi service in Japan.
Volocopter Partners with ACG to Provide $1 Billion in Financing Solutions
Volocopter is partnering with Aviation Capital Group (ACG) to develop financing options intended to allow the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) startup to sell its aircraft after certification. The deal will cover the Germany-based company’s family of aircraft with up to $1 billion in support. Aircraft include the VoloCity and VoloConnect, designed for passengers, […]
Joby Aviation Partners with South Korea’s SK Telecom
California-based Joby Aviation (NYSE:JOBY) is partnering with telecommunications giant SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM) to bring a zero-emissions air taxi service to South Korea. Both companies have signed a strategic agreement to support South Korea’s 2020 urban air mobility plan known as K-UAM. An announcement Sunday offered details of the partnership. Joby – a developer of electric, […]
Honeywell Successfully Tests Autonomous Detect-and-Avoid System
The “leap forward in safety” could have far-ranging impacts across aviation, including air taxis.
Joby Aviation Considers eVTOL Test Flights Over San Francisco Bay
The hour-long tests of Joby’s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft would reach altitudes up to 5,000 feet.
Boeing Invests $450 Million in Wisk Aero’s Autonomous eVTOL
Electric vertical takeoff and landing developer plans largest air taxi fleet in the industry.
Joby Aviation Claims ‘Fastest Flight of an eVTOL Aircraft’
California-based Joby Aviation is now focusing on reaching an altitude of 10,000 feet, during envelope expansion flights. [Courtesy Joby Aviation]
5 Lessons eVTOL Can Learn from Legacy Helicopter Airlines
As investors envision a new era of hovering, environmentally friendly, electric air taxis flying short hops over traffic jams to nearby airports, the history of U.S. helicopter airlines may offer some keys to success. New York Airways (1953-1979) and Los Angeles Airways (1947-1971)—along with similar operations in San Francisco and Chicago—were aviation trailblazers, part of […]
