Toyota Invests In Joby Aviation Electric Air Taxi Service
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 19:25:14 +0000
Toyota has made a $394 million dollar investment in Joby Aviation, an eVTOL air taxi company based in California
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Electric Aircraft Pilot Training Is Arriving
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 04:33:51 +0000
Quantum Air and OSM Aviation Group just announced an electric aircraft pilot training partnership. OSM Aviation Academy will conduct the Quantum-branded pilot training program according to FAA commercial standards. Electric urban air mobility (UAM) is taking shape one step at a time
Hyundai & Uber Elevate Unveil Autonomous Pods, eVTOL Aircraft, & Hub Ecosystem At CES
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 02:39:14 +0000
Hyundai Motor Company and Uber Elevate showed us a fairly complete urban air mobility (UAM) electric vertical takeoff & landing (eVTOL) concept vehicle, autonomous pods, and a hub ecosystem that fits with Uber Elevate’s air taxi model at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)
ASR Says It Has A Parachute For Every eVTOL Aircraft
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 02:59:53 +0000
Aviation Safety Resources (ASR) — a leading parachute safety company that won one of Revolution.Aero’s competitions earlier this year — says it has a parachute system that will work with eVTOL aircraft, even at low altitudes. I recently spoke with Larry Williams, CEO of ASR, on how the company’s parachute technology works, its application for eVTOL aircraft, and public perception
Harbour Air Makes Aviation History With 1st Electric Seaplane Flight — CleanTechnica Interview
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Tue, 24 Dec 2019 04:35:12 +0000
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, aviation is not only undergoing its third revolution, with electricity this time, but history was made on Tuesday, December 10, in Vancouver, Canada, when Harbour Air took off in a seaplane using electricity. The maiden electric seaplane flight is a sweet wink at commercial aviation history, which started with seaplanes
Rolls-Royce Electric Airplane Unveiled & Ready To Race
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 02:24:25 +0000
The Rolls-Royce ACCEL is one slippery and sleek design, ready to duke it out in the soon-to-start Air Race
BAE Systems & Jaunt Air Mobility Collaborate on Electric Energy Management Systems for Urban Air Mobility Platforms
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2019 00:46:11 +0000
I met with Yesh Premkumar, Program Manager of Strategic Development Controls & Avionics Solutions at BAE, regarding the recent memorandum of understanding (MOU) the company signed with Jaunt Air Mobility. I learned a lot about what BAE has to bring to the electric urban air mobility (UAM) table
Electric Aviation Company Scylax Forms Joint Venture With German Regional Airline
Credit to Author: Jake Richardson| Date: Sun, 03 Nov 2019 19:10:06 +0000
The Munich, Germany aviation company Scylax GmbH has entered into a joint venture with the East Frisian FLN airline to provide electric aircraft. The airline provides service between Norden, Germany and the island of Juist, along with several other islands nearby. Rosario de Luca, Scylax’s CEO, answered some questions about the aircraft for CleanTechnica
Sustainable Aviation Project Petitions FAA For Electric Aircraft Exemption
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 03:40:17 +0000
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is slowly warming up to electric aircraft, but regulatory approval takes far too long
New Electric Aircraft Motor Lab Aims For 1MW Electric Airplane Motor
Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 22:27:34 +0000
You know a new industry is born when investments pour in and results encourage more spending. Now, a new lab, the Collins Electric Aircraft Lab, wants to offer urban air mobility (UAM) and the general electric aviation world a 1MW electric airplane motor