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Global eVTOL aircraft market to grow from $6.73 billion in 2021 to $18.92 billion in 2026 at 23.66% CAGR

The glob­al eVTOL air­craft mar­ket is expect­ed to grow from $6.73 bil­lion in 2021 to $18.92 bil­lion in 2026 at a com­pound annu­al growth rate (CAGR) of 23.66%, accord­ing to Research and Mar­kets.

The eVTOL air­craft mar­ket con­sists of sales of eVTOL air­craft that use motors, bat­ter­ies, fuel cells, and elec­tron­ic con­trollers to gen­er­ate elec­tric pow­er to hov­er, take off, and land ver­ti­cal­ly.

The main tech­nolo­gies used in eVTOL air­craft include vec­tored thrust, mul­ti­ro­tor, and lift plus cruise. Vec­tored thrust changes the thrust angle from the engine or motor to con­trol the atti­tude or angu­lar veloc­i­ty of the air­craft typ­i­cal­ly used to con­trol pitch and yaw atti­tude on boost­ers and upper stages.

Propul­sion sys­tems include ful­ly elec­tric, hybrid elec­tric, and hydro­gen-elec­tric in appli­ca­tions includ­ing air taxis, air shut­tles and air metro, pri­vate trans­port, car­go trans­port, air ambu­lance and med­ical emer­gency, last-mile deliv­ery, inspec­tion and mon­i­tor­ing, sur­vey­ing and map­ping, sur­veil­lance, spe­cial mis­sion, among oth­ers.

North Amer­i­ca was the largest region in the eVTOL air­craft mar­ket in 2021 and is expect­ed to be the fastest-grow­ing region in the fore­cast peri­od. The regions cov­ered are Asia-Pacif­ic, West­ern Europe, East­ern Europe, North Amer­i­ca, South Amer­i­ca, Mid­dle East and Africa.

For instance, in March 2020 Das­sault Sys­tèmes esti­mat­ed the grow­ing need for eVTOL air­craft where the mar­ket will grow expo­nen­tial­ly, to an esti­mat­ed 1.3 bil­lion pas­sen­gers over 20 years, with a demand for 28,000 eVTOL air­craft.

Major com­pa­nies oper­at­ing in the eVTOL air­craft mar­ket are imple­ment­ing tech­nolo­gies such as IoT, ultra edge hydro­gen and bat­tery cell, onboard sen­sors and col­li­sion pre­ven­tion sys­tems, AI tech­nol­o­gy and 5G com­mu­ni­ca­tion.

In April 2022, Hyundai explored hydro­gen fuel cell tech­nol­o­gy for eVTOL air­craft and expects hydro­gen fuel cell tech­nol­o­gy to have a long enough range to com­plete inter­ci­ty trips.

In Decem­ber 2020, Joby Avi­a­tion acquired Uber Ele­vate to cre­ate inte­gra­tion between ground and air trav­el for future cus­tomers, by inte­grat­ing their respec­tive ser­vices into each other’s apps.

The coun­tries cov­ered in the eVTOL air­craft mar­ket report are Aus­tralia, Brazil, Chi­na, France, Ger­many, India, Indone­sia, Japan, Rus­sia, South Korea, UK and USA.

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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