by Nikos Chatzis | 15 Jan, 2023 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…U.K.-based Vertical Aerospace is one of the front-runners in the eVTOL industry, recently stepping up its flight test activities with its VX4 eVTOL prototype last year. As the company plans to progress through its flight test campaign in 2023, we spoke...
by Nikos Chatzis | 20 Dec, 2022 | Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, Geopolitics
“…Beta Technologies recently conducted the second multi-mission flight of its electric Alia aircraft, providing an opportunity to test recent advances in Beta’s charging network, the company said. The journey took place over several flights, comprising 876...
by Nikos Chatzis | 14 Dec, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Electric Aircraft, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Will operators have a difficult time securing affordable insurance to operate eVTOL aircraft? Will some designs be more expensive to insure than others? There are significant safety differences in the view of some, between multirotor designs like EHang’s...
by Nikos Chatzis | 20 Sep, 2022 | Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics, UAV
“…The Bell Nexus program featured prominently in the eVTOL landscape as one of the preferred platforms for what was Uber Elevate seemed to lose some traction in the past few years. However, it would be almost unthinkable that the Textron group, as pioneers...
by Nikos Chatzis | 13 Sep, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Artificial Intelligence, Battery Technology, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
“…Australian company Skyportz has identified 400 sites in the country as possible locations for vertiports once advanced air mobility (AAM) arrives in the region. Skyportz released the design for Australia’s first vertiport at the Caribbean Park business...
by Nikos Chatzis | 9 Sep, 2022 | Advanced Air Mobility / Urban Air Mobility (AAM) (UAM), Air Mobility Initiative (AIM), Aviation Technology, Battery Technology, Electric Aviation, eVTOL, Geopolitics
United Airlines backs Eve Air Mobility with $15M investment “United [Airlines] has made early investments in several cutting-edge technologies at all levels of the supply chain, staking out our position as a leader in aviation sustainability and innovation,” said...