Wisk Aero

Experts weigh in on how electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxis will fly autonomously and how aircraft controlled by artificial intelligence/machine learning systems might respond during life-and-death situations.

Wisk Aero has partnered with community leaders to pave the way for bringing self-flying electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to the city.

Archer Aviation (NYSE:ACHR) said Thursday that federal prosecutors told the company they won’t charge an Archer employee accused by rival Wisk Aero of stealing trade secrets. For the past 10 months, Archer and Wisk have been locked in a bitter legal battle over their designs for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Archer said […]

Electric vertical takeoff and landing developer plans largest air taxi fleet in the industry.

t’s only been a few years since the birth of the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) movement, but in 2021, companies were already clearing major hurdles.

Electric air taxi developer Archer Aviation says it is moving forward with a planned merger next month that will take the company public amid an ongoing legal dispute with rival Wisk Aero. The agreement with Atlas Crest Investment Corp., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) is expected to be voted on by Atlas shareholders during […]

Air taxi eVTOL developer Archer Aviation is seeking $1 billion in damages from rival Wisk Aero, escalating an ongoing dispute over allegations of trade secret theft. It’s the latest in a series of legal challenges between the two companies. In April, Wisk sued Archer, claiming that former employees took a number of proprietary documents—including aircraft, […]

If all goes as planned, a passenger-transport trial using an autonomous, all-electric air taxi called Cora may soon begin in Canterbury, New Zealand, as reported in a press release by Wisk this week. That government recently inked a memorandum of understanding with Wisk, an urban mobility company based in Mountain View, California. Wisk was created […]

You’re not alone if keeping track of the dozens of new electric flying vehicles has your head spinning. Two significant players are Archer Aviation and Wisk Aero. California-based Archer plans to create the world’s first all-electric airline and has already secured orders for regional electric airliners from United Airlines, while Wisk is a joint venture […]