eVTOL aircraft

EHang: The Latest News Updates

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...

Osaka Expo 2025: “The eVTOL Runners and Riders”

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...

Are eVTOLs The Death-Knell For Helicopters?

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...

Honda Latest Automaker to Pursue e/VTOL Dream

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 ...

Toray Aims to be Leading Carbon Fibre Supplier for eVTOLs

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...