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Volocopter: “40 words tell a major story”

Chris Stonor26 January 2023

It is fairly obvious Volocopter will be the primary eVTOL Aircraft on show at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games given the German company is the leading European player. Whether this will turn out to be just demonstration flights or as many hope, actual c...

EHang to Conduct EH216 Trial Flights in Curitiba, Brazil

Chris Stonor25 January 2023

EHang plans to carry out EH216 trial flights in Curitiba, Brazil during March after a proposal was presented to the Mayor of the capital of Paraná, Rafael Greca, last week, reports mundogeo.com. The aim is that a first autonomous demonstration, w...

Watch Video: Freethink Releases Lengthy And Impressive Archer Aviation Feature

Chris Stonor20 January 2023

Freethink, is a media news outlet “with an optimistic outlook.” The brainchild of Tom Carroll, it covers science, technology and nature via a YouTube channel and various social media feeds. Formed over 4 years ago, the channel has hundreds of thousa...

Interview with Archer Aviation Vice-President of Design & Innovation, Julien Montousse

Chris Stonor19 January 2023

Julien Montousse (pronounced Montu-zay), studied at the Strate, Ecole de Design, later moved to General Motors (7 years) and then on to Mazda North American Operations (14 years), where he became Senior Director of Design. He joined Archer in Nov...

Urban V Aims To develop a Caribbean flying taxi network

Chris Stonor19 January 2023

Italy-based Urban V, recently announced its intention to develop a flying taxi network for the Caribbean, reports sknvibes.com. The company is owned by Aeroporti di Roma, SAVE Group, Aeroporto di Bologna and Aeroports de la Côte d'Azur in France an...

America, South Korea to partner on AAM

Chris Stonor10 January 2023

The U.S Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced at the weekend, it had agreed to partner with the Korea Office of Civil Aviation (KOCA) future Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) aircraft development and operations, reports reuters.com. The two coun...

Osaka Expo 2025: Organisers Begin Recruitment Process for eVTOL Operators

Chris Stonor9 January 2023

Air taxis flying the public to and from the Osaka Expo will be a major attraction during the six month long event. The organisers have begun the process of choosing which eVTOL companies are to be involved, reports akihabaranews.com. The Expo starts...

Spain: EHang 216 Completes Inaugural Flight by Spanish National Police and Begins Trial Operations

eVTOL Insights Editorial20 December 2022

EHang announced last week that its EH216 AAV completed its inaugural flight by the Spanish National Police (SNP) at the National Academy in Ávila, Spain, reports a press release. Trial operations by the SNP will now begin. The public maiden flig...

Mike Hirschberg to Step Down At ‘Vertical Flight Society’

Chris Stonor19 December 2022

Mike Hirschberg, an inspiration behind the Vertical Flight Society (VFS), has announced he is to step down from his 12 year stint as Executive Director of VFS, from the middle of next year, reports ainonline.com. Hirschberg explained his announcemen...

Eve Air Mobility, FlyBIS Announce LOI to Purchase up to 40 Eve Aircraft, Develop eVTOL Operations in Brazil and Latin America

eVTOL Insights Editorial13 December 2022

Eve Air Mobility has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with FlyBIS Aviation to collaborate on the development of eVTOL operations in Brazil and South America, reports a press release. FlyBIS will also purchase up to 40 of Eve's eVTOL aircraft. Andr...

New Zealand: Wisk Aero Appoints Daniela Schaff As New Head of Sustainability

eVTOL Insights Editorial8 December 2022

Wisk Aero in a bid to further its global leadership in sustainability has appointed Daniela Schaff as the New Head of Sustainability, to oversee the company’s certification of Net Carbon Zero in New Zealand, reports a press release. Gary Gysin, C...

Beta Electric Alia-250 Completes Second Successful Flight Across America (876 miles!)

Chris Stonor8 December 2022

While all eyes marvel at the ongoing development of the eVTOL Aircraft from Archer, Joby and AutoFlight to Volocopter, Lilium, Vertical Aerospace and the like, a lesser known company is ahead of their progress, yet flies under the public’s radar - t...

Watch Latest Archer Video: CNET “Do The Honours”

eVTOL Insights Editorial7 December 2022

The mainstream media continues to ramp up its coverage of eVTOLs and after this week’s feature from U.S-based CNBC, CNET has taken up the mantle with a video about Archer Aviation and its aircraft Midnight. Andy Altman, CNET’s senior producer for al...

CNBC News: Major Feature “How electric air taxis could shake up the airline industry in the next decade”

Chris Stonor6 December 2022

CNBC News is not only one of the more influential global business media networks, but attracts over six million of the most affluent adults across Europe - the very people who can afford to regularly ride on flying taxis when they begin commercial f...

China: Shanghai-Based eVTOL Startup Close To First Trials

Chris Stonor6 December 2022

Have you heard of the Vertax M1 eVTOL Aircraft? I thought not. It appears AutoFlight, EHang, XPeng and others in China have another competitor. The eVTOL made its debut at the country’s biggest air show in Zhuhai a few weeks back, reports shine.c...

Australia: Skyportz Welcomes CASA Vertiport Draft Guidelines for eVTOLs

eVTOL Insights Editorial1 December 2022

Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has released, this week, draft guidelines for vertiport construction to service eVTOL infrastructure, reports a press release. This draft provides guidance “for site selection, physical characterist...

Archer and Joby in Top 100 of Business Insider’s ‘Leaders Driving Unprecedented Change and Innovation’

Chris Stonor23 November 2022

The influential and esteemed media outlet, Business Insider, each year compiles a 'Top 100' of people which it considers are 'the power players behind the most significant trends of the year'. In the 2022 list, there are ten categories where Tran...

Hyundai Motor Group Signs MOU with Nusantara Capital City Authority to Establish Indonesian Ecosystem for AAM

eVTOL Insights Editorial22 November 2022

Hyundai Motor Group recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Nusantara Capital City Authority to explore an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) ecosystem in Indonesia, reports a press release. The signing was attended by Jaiwon Shin, ...

“Take a Bow Midnight”: Archer Unveils its Production Aircraft

eVTOL Insights Editorial17 November 2022

Archer Aviation has today publicly unveiled its production aircraft, Midnight, a pilot-plus-four-passenger eVTOL aircraft during an Open House event in Palo Alto, California, reports a press release. Midnight is a development of Archer’s demonstrato...

Swiss Start-up Jekta Aviation Unveils 19-Seater Electric Seaplane

eVTOL Insights Editorial16 November 2022

Swiss start-up Jekta Aviation unveiled plans for an electric 19-seater seaplane at the recent Abu Dhabi Air Expo, reports the company’s website. Jekta claims “it could transform flight connections between oceanside communities and those with access ...

VoltAero completes first funding in its Series B Round from strategic industrial investor, TESI