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Korean Mobility App Backs Urban Air Mobility Feasibility Study

Kakao Mobility and Volocopter are conducting a joint study into how urban air mobility services could be launched in South Korea in 2025.
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AutoFlight Lands $100 Million Investment in V1500M Passenger eVTOL Vehicle

German technology investment group Team Global led a Series A funding round that will support the Chinese start-up's efforts to bring a four-passenger eVTOL aircraft to market in 2024.
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Joby Charts Its Timeline for eVTOL Type Certification and Service Launch

Type certification for its four-passenger eVTOL should begin in earnest in 2022 when the FAA confirms the means of compliance, allowing full testing of all systems and components and the complete prototype.
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Rolls-Royce Claims World Speed Record for Electric Spirit of Innovation Flight

Working with battery developer Electroflight and motor and controller maker Yasa, the aero engines group converted an NXT Next kitplane to achieve speeds matching the world's fastest single turboprop aircraft.
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Fraundorfer Presents Its Tensor 600X Gyroplane

The German company expects to adopt its two-seat Tensor 600X to hydrogen or electric power.
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Thales and Diehl Sign Up as CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL Program Partners

The avionics groups will jointly provide flight control computers for the four-passenger eVTOL aircraft that Airbus aims to bring to market in 2025.
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Marry Tesla to Uber and You Get eVTOL Transportation as a Service, Say UAM Pioneers

Senior executives from eVTOL aircraft developers Joby and Archer, and also would-be early urban air mobility adopter United Airlines, shared their vision in a Northwestern University webinar.
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Former Bombardier President Fred Cromer Joins Flight Autonomy Pioneer

Cromer also ran airliner leasing group ILFC and served as CFO with regional airlines Continental Express and Express Jet.
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Eve Rebrands eVTOL Aircraft in the Image of Racing Legend Senna

The subsidiary of Brazilian aerospace group Embraer is partnering with the branding organization formed by the country's Formula One car racing legend Ayrton Senna.
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Balance Sheets Don't Lie as First of the eVTOL SPAC Pack Post Quarterly Earnings

As it continues on the long and winding path to revenue generation with its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, Joby's cash batteries appear to be well charged.
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Lilium Sees Rising Costs as eVTOL Development Work Accelerates

In 2022, Lilium will relocate flight testing of its fifth-generation technology demonstrator from Germany to Spain where better weather will allow it to expand the flight envelope.
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Charter Group Plans To Bring Electric Propulsion to Latin America

Brazil-based on-demand flight booking service Flapper has committed to convert up to 20 Cessna Grand Caravans to run on MagniX's electric propulsion system from 2024.
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Counting the Cost of Urban Air Mobility Flights

Will eVTOL air taxi services really be able to deliver the promised on-demand flights affordable across income groups, or will this be another perk for high-net-worth individuals?
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Flight Training for eVTOL Aircraft Crew Set To Start Under Existing Commercial Rules

Operators of eVTOL air taxi services need to recruit and train pilots to support services that they say will rapidly scale up, but regulators aren't ready to cut any corners on safety.
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Pipistrel To Supply Electric Propulsion for Airflow's eSTOL Proof-of-Concept Aircraft

The Slovenian electric aviation pioneer makes the world's first type certificated all-electric aircraft and is developing a family of 19-passenger regional aircraft called the Miniliner.
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Volocopter Flies 2X eVTOL at South Korean Urban Air Mobility Event

The 2X is a pre-series version of the two-seat, all-electric VoloCity vehicle that the German company intends to bring into commercial service in 2023.
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Archer Moves Maker eVTOL Demonstrator to Flight Test Site

The California company, which says it expects the first hover flight of the two-seat vehicle to happen during December, reported its first set of quarterly earnings since its initial public offering in September.
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Universal Avionics to Supply Vision Systems for CityHawk eVTOL Aircraft

Urban Aeronautics is completing a Series A funding round to support efforts to bring its redesigned hydrogen-electric eVTOL vehicle to market.
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Hyundai Relaunches Urban Air Mobility Division as Supernal

The U.S.-based subsidiary is one of 50 business units of the South Korean automotive group working to advance Hyundai's ambitions to be an intermodal transportation solutions provider.
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Embraer Seeks Industry Backing For Energia Family of Green Aircraft

The Brazilian airframer is proposing four aircraft concepts, with hybrid, electric, and hydrogen propulsion systems, seating nine to 50 passengers.
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