Vehicle Concepts & Development News & Articles

New Project to Deploy EHang AAVs for Sightseeing Tours in China

EHang has received an initial purchase order for five EH216 AAVs from Tianxingjian Cultural Tourism Investment and Development LLC with...

Dec 19, 2022
Hyundai Plans AAM Ecosystem in Indonesia

Hyundai and Nusantara Capital City Authority have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to introduce an Advanced...

Nov 29, 2022
Partnership Formed to Explore VTOL Maintenance Solutions

Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) and Ascendance Flight Technologies have announced the signing of a...

Oct 23, 2022
First Flight of Rhaegal Cargo UAV with Record 829-pound Payload

Sabrewing’s RH-1-A Rhaegal VTOL air cargo drone has achieved its first hover flight while lifting a record-setting payload. This pre-production...

Oct 17, 2022
Archer to Unveil Production eVTOL Aircraft in November

Archer Aviation plans to unveil Midnight, the company’s first production eVTOL aircraft, at an Open House event on November 16,...

Oct 14, 2022
XPENG X2 Flying Car Completes First Public Flight

Asian eVTOL developer XPENG AEROHT has conducted the first flight of its XPENG X2 electric flying car in Dubai. It the...

Oct 13, 2022
Wisk Unveils 6th Generation Four-Seat eVTOL Air Taxi

Wisk Aero has revealed the world’s first self-flying, all-electric, four-passenger vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi. As Wisk’s go-to-market...

Oct 04, 2022
Initial Testing Confirms Lift and Drag Projections for Blainjett’s Novel Hemi-rotor Aero Concept

Initial testing of Blainjett Aviation’s hemi-rotor aerodynamic concept has confirmed its potential to deliver faster, more efficient performance in VTOL...

Sep 29, 2022
UMILES Next’s eVTOL Air Taxi Prototype Completes European Flight Tests

UMILES Next’s Concept Integrity air taxi, equipped with TECNALIA’s FlyFree technology, has completed successful test flights in Toulouse, taking off...

Sep 29, 2022
Vertical Aerospace Completes First Airborne Test of VX4 eVTOL Aircraft

Vertical Aerospace has completed the first airborne test of its VX4 electrical vertical take-off and landing aircraft. It is believed...

Sep 28, 2022
SkyDrive Unveils Two-Seat SD-05 Compact eVTOL Aircraft 

eVTOL aircraft developer SkyDrive Inc. has unveiled the design of its commercial model eVTOL — the SkyDrive SD-05. The SD-05...

Sep 26, 2022
M3 Systems, Pipistrel, and Volocopter Complete Deconfliction Flight Tests in France

M3 Systems, Pipistrel and Volocopter have completed their first joint flight test campaign in France at Pontoise airfield. The week-long...

Sep 23, 2022
Doroni Aerospace Launches H1 eVTOL Pre-orders

Doroni Aerospace, Inc. has announced the launch of pre-orders for the Doroni H1 personal eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing...

Sep 08, 2022
Wisk Aero Continues Global Expansion with Launch of Montreal Hub

Wisk Aero, a leading Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) company and developer of the first all-electric, self-flying air taxi in the...

Aug 23, 2022
Volkswagen Group China Unveils eVTOL Prototype

Volkswagen Group China has unveiled its first electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) passenger drone prototype, as part of its...

Aug 17, 2022
Lilium Engages Diehl Aviation for Lilium Jet’s Cabin Interior

Lilium N.V. has selected Diehl Aviation, a leading supplier of cabin interiors and systems for the aviation industry, to collaborate...

Jul 21, 2022
CAE Selected as Training Partner for Vertical VX4 eVTOL

Vertical Aerospace has selected CAE to design and develop the training program for its eVTOL aircraft VX4. Vertical and CAE...

Jul 20, 2022
Lilium and AAP to Develop eVTOL Network in Scandinavia

AAP Aviation Group has signed an agreement to work with eVTOL developer Lilium, as part of the agreement AAP will...

Jul 20, 2022
ASL and Lilium to Develop eVTOL Network in Benelux

ASL Group, a jet management and operator company, has signed an agreement with eVTOL developer Lilium to purchase an initial...

Jul 20, 2022