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Telstra Purple and Airspeeder plot a flying car future through digital infrastructure in new technical partnership

Jason Pritchard24 September 2021

Airspeeder, the world’s first racing series for electric flying racing cars, has signed a multi-million dollar technical partnership with Telstra, Australia’s largest telecommunications company. The racing series, created by the world’s only perf...

Airspeeder and IWC Schaffhausen announce partnership ahead of first global eVTOL aircraft racing series

Jason Pritchard15 June 2021

Luxury Swiss watchmaker IWC Schaffhausen has joined forces with Airspeeder, the world’s first electric flying car racing series, in a new engineering and timekeeping partnership. The Airspeeder racing series is the brainchild of founder Matt Pea...

SkyDrive joins roundtable to help realise potential of ‘flying cars’ in Osaka, Japan

Jason Pritchard20 November 2020

SkyDrive, the Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer, has joined an ongoing roundtable which focuses on the implementation of 'flying cars' in the city of Osaka. The roundtable was set up as the core organisation to accelerate the initiative led by t...

SkyDrive’s SD-03 eVTOL ‘flying car’ to be displayed at public exhibition for the first time in Japan

Jason Pritchard3 November 2020

Japanese eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive will display its SD-03 eVTOL aircraft model at a public exhibition for the first time, giving attendees a chance to sit in the cockpit. The Flying Car Technology Exhibition and Conference is the only eve...

SkyDrive raises ¥3.9 billion in latest Series B funding round

Jason Pritchard2 September 2020

Following the success of its public flight demo last week, SkyDrive has announced that it has raised ¥3.9 billion in Series B funding. Seven of the ten investors - Development Bank of Japan, Itochu Corporation, ENEOS Innovation Partners, Obayashi...