By Chris Stonor Tokyo-based SkyDrive Inc., an advanced air mobility (AAM) solutions company using flying cars and cargo drones, announced this week that an application
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Category: Air taxis and personal transports
XPeng raises USD500 million to develop “delivery of flying car in 2024”
By Chris Stonor A recent story attracting some ridicule on social media is the news that car manufacturer, XPeng, has raised USD500 million to develop
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How does the mainstream media view “Flying Cars”?
By Chris Stonor A bane when writing about Urban Air Mobility is what do you call these future passenger-carrying stars of the sky? No-one seems
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New Investment: Vertical Aerospace announces “USD205 million in latest funding round” led by Mudrick Capital
By Chris Stonor This week UAMN news surrounds two of the more exciting eVTOL companies, Vertical Aerospace (VA) and EHang. The latest from VA is the
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ZURI secures EUR2.4M investment for continued development of hybrid VTOL aircraft
By Chris Stonor Prague-based ZURI, who has been developing hybrid VTOL aviation technology aimed at regional passenger and cargo transportation since 2017, announced this week
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Joby Aviation: “Just 12 strategically-placed vertiports needed for 10,000 flights per day”
By Chris Stonor Joby Aviation announced this week that, in its view, after analysing movement data from traffic patterns and human behaviour to inform where
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Vertical, Heathrow Airport to partner “for vibrant UAM future”
By Chris Stonor UK-based Vertical Aerospace (VA), announced this week a partnership with Heathrow Airport to investigate how Vertical’s VA-X4 electric vertical take-off and landing
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BIG day for Italy as Volocopter “shows off Volocity” in Rome
By Chris Stonor (Article translated from Italian to English) Today, is the first day of many ahead, where the Italian public can view close up
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Watch Video: Ehang “mesmerises the King of Spain”
By Chris Stonor In just the last four months alone, EHang has captivated three world leaders with its 216 AAV technology: President Macron, Chinese Premier,
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Read Article: Robb Report interviews Airbus Head of UAM, Joerg Mueller
By Chris Stonor The Robb Report interviews Airbus Head of UAM, Joerg Mueller, to find out the company’s timeline for its new, four-seat Next Gen
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