Air taxis and personal transports

Volant AeroTech “secures a further USD 100 million financing to fund VE25 eVTOL development”

Multiple Chinese media reports say Volant Aerotech, manufacturer of the VE25 eVTOL has secured USD100 million in a Series A++++ financing round. “The fundraiser was led by Beijing Robot Industry Development Investment Fund, Shanghai-based Volant […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Lilium “completes first phase of Lilium Jet electrical power system integration”

Lilium has completed the first phase of integration testing of the Lilium Jet’s electrical power system at the company’s purpose-built laboratory, according to the company in a press statement. “The test completion represents a key […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Lilium considering sale to foreign investors, relocation abroad” – media reports

Lilium “is apparently considering a sale to foreign investors and a relocation abroad,” according to the German news publication Handelsblatt. “According to information from Handelsblatt, the management team around CEO Klaus Roewe commissioned consultants in […]

Fixed wing low/zero emissions

ZeroAvia receives USD4.2 million in funding from FAA for electric propulsion research

ZeroAvia has announced that it has been awarded USD4.2 million in US federal funding through the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Fueling Aviation’s Sustainable Transition discretionary grant program for Low-Emission Aviation Technology (FAST Tech). The grant will […]

Vertiports

Local authority green light for UK permanent vertiport testbed – new images released

Skyports Infrastructure has today unveiled designs for “the UK’s first permanent vertiport testbed for the electric air taxi industry, alongside partners Bicester Motion, the 444-acre future mobility estate in Bicester, Oxfordshire, and Vertical Aerospace,” according […]

Air taxis and personal transports

ASKA progresses flight tests of its A5 roadworthy electric/hybrid VTOL

The full-scale prototype of ASKA™ A5, roadworthy electric-hybrid vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, has progressed through a series of successful tethered unmanned flight tests, according to a Linkedin post from company Co-founder, chair/COO Maki Kaplinsky. “The […]