air taxi - eVTOL Insights

New York 2022: Oct 10th – 11th

Jason Pritchard23 May 2022

eVTOL Insights is super excited to announce its second in-person conference will take place in New York from October 10th-11th. Taking place at the Dream Downtown Hotel during the same week as Joby Aviation’s Elevate Summit, ticket...

eVTOL Insights heads to New York for its next industry conference from October 10th to 11th – tickets now on sale

Jason Pritchard23 May 2022

eVTOL Insights is super excited to announce its second in-person conference will take place in New York from October 10th-11th. Taking place at the Dream Downtown Hotel during the same week as Joby Aviation's Elevate Summit, tickets cost $449. S...

ARCHER AVIATION: “AND THEN THERE WAS ONE!”

Chris Stonor20 May 2022

Archer Aviation appeared from nowhere in late May, 2020. The company had quietly moved from A to Z without even passing 'GO'. Archer was already on par with the leading eVTOL pioneers and had blessings from the business elite. Yet, the company wa...

Urban Movement Labs Partners with Overair on Los Angeles eVTOL Infrastructure

eVTOL Insights Editorial19 May 2022

Urban Movement Labs (UML) has announced a new partnership with eVTOL company Overair to bring urban air mobility (UAM) to the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, which will focus on implementing safe, equitable, convenient, and sustainable UAM. ...

ZURI unveils more details about its upcoming hybrid VTOL aircraft

eVTOL Insights Editorial18 May 2022

Technology has changed a lot in our lifetime but aeroplanes basically look the same, and getting to a major airport is time consuming, while waiting in a crowded airport lobby and going through all the checks is a frustrating experience. Zuri’s f...

Volocopter Collaborates with Microsoft on VoloIQ Aerospace Cloud Project

eVTOL Insights Editorial17 May 2022

Volocopter has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to develop an aerospace cloud system in Microsoft Azure that will address cloud computing requirements for eVTOLs, UAM, and autonomous aviation. Once primed for commercial use, Azu...

Modified FAA eVTOL Certification Rules: “Much Ado About Nothing?”

Chris Stonor17 May 2022

The story broke on Tuesday, May 10th via Twitter. The “media-broker” was theaircurrent.com. Described as a huge scoop by co-writer Jon Ostrower, he tweeted, “The FAA is dramatically revising its approach to certifying electric vertical take-off and ...

Archer Aviation shares attract major financial institution coverage

Chris Stonor11 May 2022

It has been a painful rough and tumble time for those eVTOL companies listed on the world’s stock markets. Share prices are down, investors are down, where belief and faith in this nascent industry is being sorely tested. Yet, the last few weeks ...

Do Flying Taxi Projected Flight Costs Add Up Or Is It All “Pie In The Sky?”

Chris Stonor9 May 2022

Last month bloomberg.com published an optimistic article about Joby Aviation and its CEO, JoeBen Bevirt, who was on a UK scouting mission for future flight routes. Bevirt is quoted: “The UK market is really spectacular. When you come here ...

Eve Urban Air Mobility: A Winning Stock or a Disappointing Dud?

Chris Stonor5 May 2022

Eve Urban Air Mobility is soon to be listed on the Stock Market, which poses the question. Will its share price rise over time and be a financial winner or fall and become a disappointing dud? Next week another eVTOL company goes to market treadi...

Skyportz and Sea World Helicopters launch partnership to bring eVTOL aircraft to Australia’s Gold Coast

Jason Pritchard31 March 2022

Skyportz, Sea World Helicopters, Secure Parking and Gold Coast Mayor Tom Tate are joining forces to make SE Queensland the centre of the emerging electric air taxi industry in Australia, in time for the Brisbane Olympics. Back in January, Skyport...

Four weeks until eVTOL Insights’ first London conference – preliminary agenda now available and tickets on sale

Jason Pritchard21 March 2022

With just over four weeks to go until eVTOL Insights' first London conference, the preliminary agenda of the day's presentations, discussions and speakers has been released. Taking place on Wednesday, April 20th at the Leonardo Royal Hotel in Tow...

Joby Aviation nears completion of Part 135 Air Carrier Certification with the FAA for its eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard15 March 2022

Joby Aviation has begun the fourth of five stages to receive its Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). A Part 135 Air Carrier Certificate is required for Joby to operate its eVTOL aircraft as an air taxi...

eVTOL Insights’ London conference rescheduled for April 20th – tickets now on sale for £399

Jason Pritchard10 March 2022

eVTOL Insights is excited to announce a new date for its first industry conference in London, which had to be postponed in January due to travel restrictions because of the Omicron variant. The new event will be on Wednesday, April 20th ...

Bumper schedule planned for third Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit (GUAAS) at Farnborough from March 2nd to 3rd

Jason Pritchard22 February 2022

There's more than one week to go until the third Global Urban & Advanced Air Summit (GUAAS), which takes place at Farnborough's International Exhibition and Conference Centre in the UK from March 2nd to 3rd. The industry is starting to slowly...

Joby Aviation to target air taxi services in South Korean market after announcing partnership with SK Telecom

Jason Pritchard7 February 2022

Joby Aviation will work with telecommunications firm SK Telecom to introduce emissions-free aerial ride-sharing services to cities and communities in South Korea. The agreement, which was signed by SKT’s CEO Ryu Young-sang and Joby’s founder and ...

Archer bolsters its technical advisory board to support roadmap towards launching eVTOL aircraft services

Jason Pritchard1 February 2022

Archer has announced new appointments to its Technical Advisory Board, which is integral to the company's development and certification of its future eVTOL aircraft designs. Steve Dyer, Paul Martin and Mark Moore have numerous awards and career ...

Avolon CEO Dómhnal Slattery becomes Non-Executive Chairman of Vertical Aerospace’s board of Directors

Jason Pritchard28 January 2022

Vertical Aerospace has announced the appointment of aviation industry veteran Dómhnal Slattery as Non-Executive Chairman of Vertical’s board of directors. Dómhnal - who is currently founding CEO of Avolon, the world's second largest aircraft leas...

VIDEO: AutoFlight reveals details about its first eVTOL aircraft designed to transport passengers, known as ‘Prosperity I’

Jason Pritchard28 January 2022

Following on from establishing its first location in Europe, AutoFlight has unveiled the proof of concept design of its first eVTOL aircraft designed for transporting passengers. Known as Prosperity I, the aircraft will seat three passengers plus...

Wisk receives $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, supporting market plans for its autonomous eVTOL aircraft

Jason Pritchard24 January 2022

Wisk has secured $450 million in funding from The Boeing Company, helping to reinforce the self-flying air taxi developer's position as a privately-backed company and advance the progress of its sixth generation eVTOL aircraft.The funding will also ...

eVTOL Insights’ second Power Book recognises more of our industry’s thought leaders, influencers and innovators

Jason Pritchard11 January 2022

eVTOL Insights is pleased to reveal its 2022 Power Book - the definitive list of some of the industry's thought leaders, influencers and innovators from the last 12 months. Similar to last year's inaugural version, this year's edition features 24...

SkyDrive’s SD-03 flying car put on display outside of Japan for first time at CES 2022

Jason Pritchard7 January 2022

SkyDrive has unveiled its SD-03 compact flying vehicle at CES 2022, which is the first time the company has displayed the full-scale model outside of Japan. The Tokyo-based startup's flying car was first displayed to the public at The Flying Car...

Rolls-Royce Electrical and Airborne to present at eVTOL Insights’ first Final Friday event of 2022 – registration now open

Jason Pritchard5 January 2022

eVTOL Insights has announced its first Final Friday 'virtual networking' event of 2022, which will take place on January 28th and feature industry presentations from Rolls-Royce Electrical and Airborne, a technology leader in advanced composites. ...

EHang confirms first order for its VT-30 eVTOL aircraft and announces further demo flights in Japan

Jason Pritchard23 December 2021

EHang has secured the first order for its long-range passenger grade VT-30 eVTOL aircraft and will work with local partners to further explore use cases with its EH216 and VT-30 and develop urban air mobility networks in Japan. With the cooperati...