Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2021 18:05:03 +0000
The CityHawk is much more than a few concept drawings. The vehicle has been in development since the company’s inception in 2001, and an unmanned version of the CityHawk has been flying successfully for at least a year.
Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2020 20:29:01 +0000
Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab say they have created a new battery electrolyte that is soft but solid to solve the dendrite problem in lithium-ion batteries.
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2020 16:30:04 +0000
The flying car got one step closer to reality earlier this month when the Japanese eVTOL company, SkyDrive, completed the country’s first manned flight of an electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL)
Credit to Author: Jo Borrás| Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2020 16:06:58 +0000
The mad scientists at Alauda are actually doing it — the Airspeeder flying cars are going to happen. What’s more, they’re going to happen somewhat sooner than later thanks to a seven-figure round of fundraising from Australian technology venture capital firms Saltwater Capital and Jelix, FOREX trading and money management firm Equals, and German logistics company
Credit to Author: Chanan Bos| Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2020 21:15:02 +0000
The biggest change worldwide in the last decade was probably the smartphone revolution, but overall, cities themselves still look pretty much the same. In the decade ahead, cities will change a lot more
Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2020 16:50:14 +0000
California-based Wisk has signed an agreement with the government of New Zealand to test its autonomous electric air taxi in that country.
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
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
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)
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