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One of the most unusually shaped eVTOLs airborne

ZEVA Aero would break into the air transport market with a saucer-like vehicle to replace cars with single-seater flying capsules. ZEVA Aero's eVTOL, Zero, is a departure from the usual aeronautical devices: it has a disc, or saucer if you like, design for more dynamic flight, which the manufacturer claims.......... MORE

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An electrically powered floating engine has been unveiled

Horizon Aeronautics has started developing a prototype of an eVTOL hovercraft concept. To understand how the company's propulsion system, called Blainjett, works, we first need to understand how the turntable.......... MORE

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Hydrogen, hybrid propulsion and biofuels: greening the future of aviation

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Swedish model: full production capacity of the first commercially available flying car by 2022

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Super-fast fighter drone unveiled by a startup

Autel Robotics has unveiled its latest drone platform at CES 2022, which enables the devices.......... MORE

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The electric airliner could take off within days

Many are sceptical about whether the batteries are at the right level for success, but.......... MORE

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Swedish model: full production capacity of the first commercially available flying car by 2022

All production capacity has been filled and Jetson Aero will only take delivery in 2023. Most of the customers for the first model were from California, but there were also.......... MORE

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Jet-powered ambulances and city workers commuting with drones take to the skies

Jet-powered ambulances, border patrols in flying cars and city workers commuting by drone - all of this may.......... MORE

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Renault 4 made into a flying car

The Renault 4's anniversary year is coming to an end, but the ideas for the 60-year-old car just.......... MORE

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The flying car closer to everyday life

SkyDrive's eight-rotor machine could revolutionise passenger transport in crowded cities in a few years. There is no universally accepted definition of a flying car, but it is almost universally accepted.......... MORE

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Flying cars and airships

You'd think that airships were a thing of the past, but now we're going to show you why these huge aircraft are making a comeback. There are few things more frustrating than sitting in traffic. But there's a growing demand.......... MORE

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A great flying car could come from China

Xpeng Motors is not only aiming to take Tesla's laurels, but also to launch a flying car by 2024. It is no longer too bold to assume that urban transport.......... MORE

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Hungarian eVTOL on the horizon

The electric vehicle, which can take off from the ground,.......... MORE

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CycloTech eVTOL technology

The eVTOL developed by CycloTech of Austria uses so-called Voith.......... MORE

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The electric airliner could take off within days

Many are sceptical about whether the batteries are at the right level for success, but Eviation says a test flight could be within days. The first test flight of Eviation's.......... MORE

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Denmark has made a serious commitment: by 2030, only electric planes would fly domestically

By the middle of the decade, Denmark would allow passengers to board environmentally friendly planes when travelling within the country. Denmark would green its domestic flights by 2030, meaning that by the end of the decade only zero-emission aircraft would.......... MORE

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Embraer is also embarking on the development of zero-emission aircraft

To achieve the aviation industry's net carbon neutrality target for 2050, a Brazilian manufacturer has unveiled plans for a new family of aircraft. In the Energy project, Embraer is exploring sustainable concept types capable of.......... MORE

Air taxi News & Articles

Air taxi modelled on a bird

The Macrobat was specifically designed with African conditions in mind, but it remains to be.......... MORE

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Air taxi transport planned for Saudi Arabia’s smart city

Germany's Volocopter and Saudi Arabia's NEOM have also set up a joint venture for the project. For some time now, Saudi Arabia has been at.......... MORE

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An electrically powered floating engine has been unveiled

Horizon Aeronautics has started developing a prototype of an eVTOL hovercraft concept. To understand how the company's propulsion system, called Blainjett, works, we first need to understand how the turntable and the cyclic control work as the helicopter's upper rotor rotates........... MORE

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High speed flight in an electric flight suit

Peter Salzmann from Austria is a base jumping enthusiast who approached BMWi, BMW's electric propulsion.......... MORE

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Successful first test phase of the Celera 500L

The machine's shape means it has much lower drag, making it both cheaper and more sustainable to operate than a conventional machine of the same size........... MORE

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Hypersonic passenger aircraft in a decade

But the design company Hermeus is still building its first unmanned combat aircraft, the first prototype of which was unveiled last week. Hermeus is planning to create the world's fastest.......... MORE

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Israel uses airships to protect airspace

The method is relatively old, but it works well: an extensive radar system is mounted on a platform that resembles an airship, making it efficient but cheap to operate. The.......... MORE

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Introducing the ZEVA Aero saucer-shaped aircraft

If the special means of transport become safe enough and get the necessary permits, we can get from A to B in a flying saucer-like vehicle in no time, alongside.......... MORE