BETA Technologies Chosen by Eve Air Mobility to supply electric pusher motors

Eve Air Mobil­i­ty has select­ed BETA Tech­nolo­gies to sup­ply elec­tric push­er motors for its con­form­ing pro­to­types and pro­duc­tion air­craft.

With a cur­rent back­log of 2,800 eVTOL air­craft, Eve is strength­en­ing its sup­ply chain through this col­lab­o­ra­tion. The agree­ment rep­re­sents a poten­tial 10-year oppor­tu­ni­ty for Beta of up to $1 bil­lion and rein­forces Eve’s com­mit­ment to proven tech­nolo­gies and ded­i­ca­tion to exceed­ing mis­sion require­ments.

The agree­ment fol­lows an ini­tial eval­u­a­tion peri­od in which Eve pur­chased, test­ed, and val­i­dat­ed the per­for­mance of BETA motors in its Engi­neer­ing Pro­to­type in antic­i­pa­tion of its first flight, which is expect­ed to take place late this year/early 2026.

BETA’s proven exper­tise in elec­tric propul­sion sys­tems and its com­mit­ment to robust, high-per­for­mance designs were key fac­tors in this strate­gic sup­pli­er addi­tion.

Johann Bor­dais, Chief Exec­u­tive Offi­cer of Eve Air Mobil­i­ty, said: “Inte­grat­ing Beta Tech­nolo­gies into our sup­ply chain is a piv­otal mile­stone in advanc­ing our eVTOL pro­gram. Their elec­tric motor tech­nol­o­gy will play a crit­i­cal role in pow­er­ing our air­craft dur­ing cruise, sup­port­ing the matu­ri­ty of our propul­sion archi­tec­ture as we progress toward entry into ser­vice.

“This col­lab­o­ra­tion under­scores our com­mit­ment to work­ing with sup­pli­ers who share our rig­or­ous safe­ty stan­dards and deliv­er proven engi­neer­ing solu­tions — dri­ving per­for­mance, effi­cien­cy, and sus­tain­abil­i­ty as we bring urban air mobil­i­ty to life.”

BETA designs and man­u­fac­tures its pro­pri­etary elec­tric propul­sion sys­tems, offer­ing indus­try-lead­ing pow­er-to-weight ratios and ener­gy-con­ver­sion effi­cien­cies. The sim­ple designs fea­ture seg­ment redun­dan­cy and sig­nif­i­cant­ly few­er parts than tra­di­tion­al air­craft engines,  trans­lat­ing into high safe­ty and low cost.

Through this sup­pli­er agree­ment, BETA joins an elite group of lega­cy sup­pli­ers sup­port­ing Eve’s devel­op­ment, includ­ing U.S.-based lead­ers such as BAE Sys­tems for bat­ter­ies, Garmin for avion­ics, Hon­ey­well Aero­space for exter­nal light­ing, Inter­galac­tic for ther­mal man­age­ment, and Nidec Aero­space for lifter motors.

BETA’s CEO and Founder, Kyle Clark, said: “We’re excit­ed to work with Eve Air Mobil­i­ty and sup­ply our elec­tric propul­sion tech­nol­o­gy to their pro­duc­tion pro­gram. Our push­er motors have already proven high per­for­mance and reli­a­bil­i­ty in thou­sands of demand­ing real-world oper­a­tions across the globe, and our man­u­fac­tur­ing capa­bil­i­ty will allow us to deliv­er these sys­tems at scale to sup­port Eve’s air­craft. This col­lab­o­ra­tion is anoth­er step in mov­ing elec­tric avi­a­tion toward com­mer­cial­iza­tion and adop­tion.”

Eve’s eVTOL air­craft uses a lift + cruise con­fig­u­ra­tion with eight ded­i­cat­ed pro­pellers for ver­ti­cal flight and fixed wings for cruise, with no mov­ing parts in flight.

The air­craft fea­tures an elec­tric push­er pow­ered by dual elec­tric motors, pro­vid­ing propul­sion redun­dan­cy and ensur­ing the high­est lev­els of per­for­mance and safe­ty. Addi­tion­al­ly, this con­fig­u­ra­tion allows sep­a­rate sys­tems to be opti­mized for each flight phase, sim­pli­fy­ing main­te­nance, reduc­ing oper­a­tional costs, and min­i­miz­ing the sound foot­print.

The com­pa­ny is advanc­ing the cur­rent stage of the eVTOL devel­op­ment, which involves a series of com­pre­hen­sive tests with the pro­to­type to eval­u­ate every aspect of the air­craft’s oper­a­tion and per­for­mance, from flight capa­bil­i­ties to safe­ty fea­tures.