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Hanwha Systems’ signs USD 25m Overair deal

January 17, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Hanwha Systems reached a final close on its cross-border USD 25 million investment in California-based electric takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, aircraft

EHang: UAVs should be more bus than taxi

January 16, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Urban air vehicles (UAVs) should be managed more like a bus network than a taxi system according to Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle

Airbus shows CityAirbus quadcopter in flight for first time: VIDEO

January 10, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Airbus has released video of its CityAirbus demonstrator helicopter in flight. The fully electric VTOL started untethered flight testing in Donauwörth at

China’s Geely testing new Terrafugia aircraft

January 10, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby China’s Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is testing a new eVTOL aircraft for urban air mobility, the Terrafugia TF-2A, according to a press

EHang demonstrates autonomous air taxi flight in North Carolina

January 8, 2020 Philip Butterworth-Hayes Air taxis and personal transports

EHang on 8 January 2020 conducted its first-ever U.S. trial flight of its two-seat passenger autonomous air vehicle (AAV), the EHang 216, as part of the

CES: Japanese company shows Flying Gondola concept

January 8, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Japanese drone-maker, Aeronext, is displaying a model of its “Flying Gondola” concept at Las Vegas’s CES. In a press release, the company

CES: Uber and Hyundai announce aerial ridesharing partnership, release full-scale air taxi model

January 7, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Uber and Hyundai Motor Company announced plans to develop Uber Air Taxis for a future aerial rideshare network. And the duo also

Uber Air adds Joby Aviation to UAM roster

January 6, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Uber will join forces with Joby Aviation, a California-based aerospace company that has been working on electric aviation for over a decade,

CES 2020: New design for Bell’s Nexus air taxi unveiled

January 6, 2020 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Bell has unveiled a new full-size for the Bell Nexus air taxi at CES 2020. The aircraft features Bell’s signature powered-lift concept

Hyundai to show new flying cars at CES

December 30, 2019 Michael Willoughby Air taxis and personal transports

by Michael Willoughby Hyundai Motor is set to unveil its first personal air vehicle (PAV) at CES 2020, Las Vegas, presenting its vision for “mobility