The latest generation of urban transport is the eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft) air taxis, which will be a revolutionary tool in metro stations, and already many start-up companies are announcing their future air taxi plans. There is huge competition between companies to be the first to bring the new eVTOL to market.
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Aug
Aug
Last week, both Volocopter and Joby Aviation reported strong results that make the 2023-2024 target date look realistic. German Volocopter plans to launch its first urban air taxi service in 2023/24.
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Aug
Aug
As large as an average car, the Urban eVTOL Leo can carry up to four people. It can take up to four passengers on board, travel 480 kilometres on a single charge and reach a top speed of 400 km/h.
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Jul
Jul
EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced that, as scheduled, it has commenced operations at its new AAV production facility in Yunfu city, China in late June 2021. The new facility represents a scale-up of the Company’s production capabilities.
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Jul
Jul
Today announced it has successfully completed the technical examination of its EH216F AAV, the firefighting model, by the China National Fire-Fighting Equipment Quality Supervision Testing Center (“NFFE”) as entrusted by the Company. The NFFE is a national firefighting equipment quality examination agency under the Ministry of Emergency Management (“MEM”) of the People’s Republic of China. Its nationwide responsibilities include standards development, centralized management, and technical guidance for firefighting equipment products, including firefighting unmanned aerial vehicles (“UAVs”).
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Jun
Jun
According to Avalon, one of the world’s largest aircraft owners, the rapid proliferation of flying taxi start-ups could soon put passenger planes on the parking lot.