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EHang: The Latest News Updates

Chris Stonor21 March 2023

Ehang in 2023 is almost absent of “official” news stories on its website. Just one to date which appeared on February 17th entitled ‘EH216 AAV Completes Its Japan's First Passenger-Carrying Demo Flight’. EHang was a company that regularly put out pr...

Neurobotx, JetX Collaborate to Upload JetX aircraft on Metapilot

Chris Stonor20 March 2023

Neurobotx, a company building “the ultimate cognitive metaverse” and JetX who are developing a real-life vector-thrust eVTOL, are collaborating to construct a highly realistic air taxi simulation for gamers to experience on a meta pilot gaming platf...

AutoFlight Announces Major Commercial Deal with EvFly “for 205 Prosperity eVTOLs”

Chris Stonor17 March 2023

China-based AutoFlight announced a major deal with EvFly this week, a Singapore-based fleet-management and air-transport company, reports a press release. EvFly is purchasing 205 Prosperity 1 passenger eVTOL and Cargo Aircraft. The first 10 will be ...

Osaka Expo 2025: “The eVTOL Runners and Riders”

Chris Stonor16 March 2023

japantimes.co.jp broke the news on Tuesday (March 14th) that U.S company Lift had trialled its single-seater Hexa eVTOL over a park in Osaka City described as “The first time in Japan an eVTOL has been piloted from the cockpit.” The website state...

NASA Carries Out Series of Flight Tests on Joby’s S4 Simulator

Chris Stonor16 March 2023

Joby Aviation’s cutting-edge eVTOL S4 Flight Simulator is proving popular and NASA is presently collaborating with the company on a series of simulated flight tests, reports a press release. The aim is for NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) resea...

Blade Air Mobility Q4 Highlights and Financial Results “To Close a Monumental Year”

Chris Stonor15 March 2023

Blade Air Mobility released its Q4 financial results and highlights this week which are described by Rob Wiesenthal, CEO of the company as, “a strong fourth quarter to close our a monumental year for Blade”, reports a press release. He continues,...

Vertical Aerospace Announces Opening of “Vertical Energy Centre”, UK’s “Most Advanced Aerospace Battery Facility”

Chris Stonor14 March 2023

UK-based eVTOL Aircraft Company, Vertical Aerospace, announced this week the opening of its Vertical Energy Centre (VEC) in Bristol, believed to be the country's most advanced aerospace battery facility, reports a press release. This multi-million-p...

Archer Announces Q4 and Full Year 2022 Results, Midnight Closer to Build Completion

Chris Stonor10 March 2023

Archer Aviation announced its Q4 and Full Year ’22 Results this week as well as stating the Midnight Aircraft is closer to completion and will be fully constructed later on this year, reports a press release. Archer’s recent key operating highlig...

Norway: Airbus, Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation to develop CityAirbus NextGen’s future medical missions

Chris Stonor9 March 2023

Airbus is collaborating with the Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation (NAAF) to develop CityAirbus NextGen’s future missions for medical services in Norway, reports a press release. This partnership is to measure the added value of eVTOL aircraft f...

Are eVTOLs The Death-Knell For Helicopters?

Chris Stonor8 March 2023

It’s funny how a feature idea suddenly pops in to your head. In this case, it was seeing an image during a talk by Dave Webber, an AAM Flight Test Liaison Officer for the FAA, at a recent Vertical Flight Society ‘2023 Autonomous VTOL Technical Meeti...

Plana Aero, Jeju Air to develop AAM eco-system in South Korea

Chris Stonor8 March 2023

Exciting news from South Korea with an announcement that leading Korean VTOL company, Plana Aero, is collaborating with Jeju Air, a leader in the low cost carrier industry, to develop Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) and compete in the country’s major K-...

Honda Latest Automaker to Pursue e/VTOL Dream

Chris Stonor7 March 2023

The alliance between the automotive industry and the growing e/VTOL market continues as Honda becomes the latest car manufacturer to embrace Urban Air Mobility, reports forbes.com. The Forbes article written by Dale Buss says, “Already competing ...

Trump Unveils “Bold Plan to Construct 10 Freedom Cities” to Beat China in the eVTOL and VTOL race

Chris Stonor7 March 2023

Former U.S President, Donald Trump, proposed late last week the building of "up to 10 futuristic freedom cities” on federal land, as part of a plan “to create a new American future” in a country that has “lost its boldness,” reports cnn.com. ...

CNN Business Video: ‘This is what is holding these vehicles back’

Jason Pritchard7 March 2023

In a video clip on CNN Business, Wired's senior innovation editor Jeremy White discusses why he thinks the world may have to wait a while longer. https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2023/03/03/flying-cars-cprog-lon-orig-bb.cnn ...

PteroDynamics “raises USD7.5 million seed round to expand Transwing VTOL”

Chris Stonor3 March 2023

U.S-based PteroDynamics, an aircraft design and manufacturing company that develops VTOL aircraft, announced this week the close of a USD7.5 million seed round, reports a press release. The round was co-led by existing investor Kairos Ventures and n...

America: 28 Congress Members Call For U.S. Integration of AAM into National Airspace

Chris Stonor3 March 2023

Last week, U.S. Representatives Jimmy Panetta and Jay Obernolte, co-chairs of the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) caucus, along with 26 Members of Congress, wrote to Pete Buttigieg, the Dept. of Transportation Secretary, to encourage the integration of ...

Joby Aviation: Resounding “Thumbs Up” from Financial Markets after Release of Q4 Shareholder Letter

Chris Stonor28 February 2023

Last week was yet another milestone for Joby Aviation after the company released its shareholder letter covering Q4, 2022. Not only did the financial markets warmly embrace the report, but for the first time are broadly taking the company seriously ...

Toray Aims to be Leading Carbon Fibre Supplier for eVTOLs

Chris Stonor22 February 2023

Toray Industries, a leading carbon fibre materials’ manufacturer, aims to “get a jump on its competitors” by establishing a primary country base for its development of carbon fibre, specifically focused on supplying the nascent eVTOL industry, repor...

South Korea: Moviation Launches Pioneer VTOL, Changes From Carbon Fuel to Electric

Chris Stonor21 February 2023

South Korean start-up, Moviation, announced last week its launch of Vonaer, a VTOL Aircraft powered by conventional fossil fuel which then changes to electric during flight, reports a press release. The innovative Urban Air Mobility (UAM) service pl...

Denmark Prepares for eVTOLs, Partnership to Begin Construction of Vertiports

Chris Stonor20 February 2023

Denmark is preparing for eVTOLs with a recent announcement that a partnership has been formed to construct the country’s first vertiport, reports a press release. HCA Airport, located in Odense and Copenhagen Helicopter, will collaborate to bui...

Ryse Aero’s One-Person “Super-Easy to Fly” Ultralight eVTOL, “No Pilot’s Licence Required”

Chris Stonor14 February 2023

Ohio-based Ryse Aero Technologies claims it has the ideal one-person eVTOL that is super easy to fly, safer than any other ultralight craft, and with no pilot’s licence required, anyone can mann it, reports Automotive News. The company, founded i...

China: Aerofugia Successfully Completes First Trial Flight of Five-Seater eVTOL

Chris Stonor10 February 2023

Chinese carmaker, Zhejiang Geely, recently announced its subsidiary, Aerofugia, successfully completed a first test flight of its prototype eVTOL, moving the company closer to commercial service by no later than 2028, reports scmp.com. The trial...

Joby Announces Completion of Second Stage Certification Process, “First eVTOL Company to Achieve This”

Chris Stonor9 February 2023

U.S-based Joby Aviation announced today, the completion of its second stage of the FAA certification process, reports a press release. Joby is the first eVTOL company to achieve this. There are five steps in total. Joby provided a summary of these f...

China: TCab Tech Raise USD15 million in Series Pre-A Financing

Chris Stonor9 February 2023

China-based eVTOL company, TCab Tech, announced this week it had raised USD15 million in a Series Pre-A Financing round, reports a press release. This was led by Grand Flight, followed by Kunlun Capital, KIP Capital and existing shareholders BlueRun...