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Fascinating interview with Lilium Co-founder and CEO, Daniel Wiegand, from Zeitung.faz.net (translat

Jan 8, 2021

Fascinating interview with Lilium Co-founder and CEO, Daniel Wiegand, from Zeitung.faz.net (translat

By Chris Stonor Daniel Wiegand treads a tightrope. He enthusiastically talks about the development successes of the Lilium air taxi...

EHang and Greenland HK to launch air taxi tourist service in Guangdong

Dec 31, 2020

EHang and Greenland HK to launch air taxi tourist service in Guangdong

Air taxi manufacturer EHang reports it has signed an autonomous urban air mobility service agreement with its strategic partner Greenland...

Israel’s Colugo plans to build two-seat “wind-proof” hybrid-electric air taxi

Dec 17, 2020

Israel’s Colugo plans to build two-seat “wind-proof” hybrid-electric air taxi

By Arie Egozi Israeli company Colugo Systems is developing a two-passenger hybrid-electric “wind proof ” VTOL aircraft, with a full dome...

UAM partnership formed “to educate LA residents on eVTOLs before services start in 2023”

Dec 17, 2020

UAM partnership formed “to educate LA residents on eVTOLs before services start in 2023”

A new Urban Air Mobility (UAM) public and private partnership has been formed to educate and engage the Los Angeles residents about the...

Volocopter to provide eVTOL platforms to ADAC Luftrettung

Dec 15, 2020

Volocopter to provide eVTOL platforms to ADAC Luftrettung

Volocopter and ADAC Luftrettung have announced today that ADAC Luftrettung has reserved two VoloCity electric vertical take-off and...

EHang obtains permit to fly autonomous air vehicle in Austria

Dec 14, 2020

EHang obtains permit to fly autonomous air vehicle in Austria

EHang Holdings Limited has announced it has achieved a significant milestone on the path to offering Urban Air Mobility (UAM) services...

Agility Prime: Joby Aviation awarded first “military eVTOL airworthiness approval”

Dec 11, 2020

Agility Prime: Joby Aviation awarded first “military eVTOL airworthiness approval”

By Chris Stonor Joby Aviation received this week the first “military airworthiness approval” for an electric vertical take-off and...

Lilium allies with Lufthansa Aviation Training to instruct pilots to fly Lilium Jet

Dec 10, 2020

Lilium allies with Lufthansa Aviation Training to instruct pilots to fly Lilium Jet

By Chris Stonor Lilium, the German-based eVTOL company developing an all-electric aircraft for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), announced this...

Volocopter focuses on achieving air taxi services in Singapore

Dec 10, 2020

Volocopter focuses on achieving air taxi services in Singapore

By Chris Stonor Volocopter, “a pioneer in Urban Air Mobility (UAM),” announced its commitment this week to launch air taxi services in...

Amsterdam Drone Week: “EU U-space regulations targeted for 2022, air taxis 2023”

Dec 2, 2020

Amsterdam Drone Week: “EU U-space regulations targeted for 2022, air taxis 2023”

By Jenny Beechener and Philip Butterworth-Hayes Discussions with member states on the European Union draft U-space regulation are going...

UAV Navigation and CATEC published their future concept for UAM operations

Nov 17, 2020

UAV Navigation and CATEC published their future concept for UAM operations

UAV Navigation and CATEC have presented an urban air mobility project within the CERVERA call, funded by the Center for Technological and...

Lilium in partnership with Tavistock to build first U.S. vertiport in Orlando

Nov 12, 2020

Lilium in partnership with Tavistock to build first U.S. vertiport in Orlando

Following on from yesterday’s breaking news that Munich-based Lilium, an eVTOL jet aircraft manufacturer, will open its first U.S....

H3X launches eVTOL electric motor “three times more efficient than current types”

Nov 11, 2020

H3X launches eVTOL electric motor “three times more efficient than current types”

Minneapolis-based H3X has launched what it claims to be an integrated electric motor design, the HPDM-250, that can provide sustained...

South Korea: Drone taxis and “bags of rice” take to the sky in Seoul

Nov 11, 2020

South Korea: Drone taxis and “bags of rice” take to the sky in Seoul

A special event took place today, in South Korea near the city of Seoul’s Han River, which offers a glimpse of aviation future, reports...

U.S. City of Orlando collaborates with Lilium for drone air taxi development

Nov 11, 2020

U.S. City of Orlando collaborates with Lilium for drone air taxi development

The American City of Orlando is increasing the region’s investment for a future aerial mobility framework, reports bizjournals.com. The...

The KITE: Welcome to the latest sleek flying taxi

Nov 6, 2020

The KITE: Welcome to the latest sleek flying taxi

An Italian designer has shared concept images for an autonomous air taxi vehicle called the KITE. The private jet-like craft is...

Two Horizon 2020-funded projects plan ‘air taxi demonstrations across Europe by 2022’

Nov 5, 2020

Two Horizon 2020-funded projects plan ‘air taxi demonstrations across Europe by 2022’

Spanish national air navigation manager ENAIRE is working on European projects to manage the future mobility of people in urban and...

Hyundai lays out USD1.5 trillion sky-high future for electric flying vehicles

Nov 5, 2020

Hyundai lays out USD1.5 trillion sky-high future for electric flying vehicles

Speaking at the fifth Mobility Innovators Forum held last week, Shin Jaiwon, Hyundai Motor Group’s Executive Vice-President and Head of...

Watch Video: There are flying cars that are mere dreams and concepts and then there is this: Amazing

Nov 2, 2020

Watch Video: There are flying cars that are mere dreams and concepts and then there is this: Amazing

Watch this amazing video from KleinVision where a flying car has erupted from a person’s dream sketch to concept and then to an actual...

Embention launches certified flight controller for passenger-carrying eVTOLs

Oct 26, 2020

Embention launches certified flight controller for passenger-carrying eVTOLs

Embention has brought its wide experience of working in the UAV market to deliver Veronte Autopilot 4x for eVTOL, a redundant flight control

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