Air taxis and personal transports Archives

Lilium releases new footage of air taxi as it completes early flight testing and builds first manufacturing facility

October 22, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Lilium, the Munich-based startup developing an on-demand air mobility service, has today released new footage of its all-electric Lilium Jet as it

World’s first full-scale air taxi VoloPort unveiled in Singapore

October 21, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby The world’s first full-scale air taxi vertiport, or “VoloPort,” has been unveiled at the Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) World Congress in Singapore. The VoloPort

Ehang to fit Vodfone SIM cards in its European air taxis

October 21, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

Ehang has announced a strategic partnership with Vodafone to collaborate on building out an urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem first in Germany and then Europe-wide. According to an

EHang and Azerbaijan Airlines to Establish UAV Command-and-Control Center

October 18, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby EHang, autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced that it has signed an agreement with Azerbaijan Airlines (AZAL) to establish a

State of Utah to work with NEO Aeronautics to trial personal air vehicles

October 17, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Utah’s Division of Aeronautics (UDA), Department of Transportation is available to assist NEO Aeronautics in connecting them with the necessary government and

Audi suspends air taxi plans, rethinks partnership with Airbus

October 16, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby “Audi has suspended work on its Pop.Up air taxi and has put its partnership with Airbus to develop the vehicle up for

NASA opens call for industry participation in its UAM Grand Challenge programme

October 13, 2019 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports, Emerging regulations, Government investment

NASA has launched its solicitation for companies to join its Urban Air Mobility (UAM) Grand Challenge. According to a NASA press release: “The Grand Challenge aims to improve

Porsche and Boeing to partner on premium UAM market

October 11, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

Porsche and Boeing signed a memorandum of understanding to explore the premium urban air mobility market and the extension of urban traffic into airspace. With

EHang delivers second batch of passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicles – VIDEO

October 10, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby EHang, the autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, today announced it had delivered the second batch of passenger-grade EHang 216 AAVs to customers,

NASA takes delivery of first all-electric, experimental aircraft

October 7, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby The first all-electric configuration of NASA’s X-57 Maxwell now is at the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California, the Agency