Uber Technologies Inc is seeking options for its Uber Elevate business, including either “a strategic partnership or a partial sale”, reports axios.com citing multiple sources. The move
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Category: Air taxis and personal transports
Eve: Launches as first spin-off from EmbraerX to shape UAM future
Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions (Eve) has been launched as a new, independent company to accelerate Urban Air Mobility (UAM), reports a company press release.
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Uber Elevate, GE Aviation partner to improve safety for “next generation ride-sharing”
Uber Elevate has chosen GE Aviation’s Digital Group to partner for an aerial ridesharing program, reports businesswire.com. Uber’s ambition is to transform the world through
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Volocopter to test UAM operations at Paris Pontoise airfield
Paris region, Groupe ADP and RATP Groupe are creating an urban air mobility industry branch at Pontoise airfield near Paris, focused on electric vertical take-off
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U.S. Eco Helicopters plans air taxi service
American company, Eco Helicopters, based at Palm Springs, California that is developing all electric helicopters, says it plans to launch an air taxi service in
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UK’s Vertical Aerospace given government grant to accelerate battery research
The UK’s Vertical Aerospace reports it has received investment from the UK Government, through the Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) Programme, to fund the development of
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Toyota establishes USD800 million investment fund Woven Capital for air mobility
Toyota has established an USD800 million global investment fund to support “growth-stage companies developing technologies and business models in areas including autonomous mobility, automation, artificial
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Hyundai Motor to step up UAM test flights with three business partners
Hyundai Motor Company is co-operating with Incheon International Airport Corp. (IIAC), Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. and KT Corp. to step up the development of
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Boeing “to close NeXt UAM division in wake of Boeing 737Max and COVID-19 crises”
Numerous sources report that Boeing is closing its Boeing NeXt innovation division, which has been developing through its Aurora Flight Sciences subsidiary Passenger Air Vehicle
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Volocopter opens reservations for first UAM flights
At the Greentech Festival in Berlin on 16 September Volocopter announced the world’s first public sale for electrical air taxi flight reservations. According to a company press
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