Air taxis and personal transports

Eve announces additional USD35 million from BNDES to support eVTOL development in 2025

Eve Air Mobility has announced today a USD35 million fund from Brazil’s National Development Bank (BNDES) for continued eVTOL development. This second-phase funding follows a USD92.5 million line of credit secured in 2022 for R&D […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“Maintenance will account for 37% of eVTOL airport shuttle costs” – new research

Roland Berger and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have produced a new report which analyses potential unit cost economics for specific eVTOL use cases (city-taxi, airport-shuttle, inter-city), writes Roland Berger’s Dr Stephan Baur in a […]

Market analysis

China will see “100,000 eVTOLs flying by 2030” – the China Low Altitude Economic Alliance (CLAEA)

China Daily reports that the country could potentially see 100,000 electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) serve as family vehicles or air taxis by 2030. The figures come from a report released by the […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

MICAELIS announces plans for autonomous eVTOL medical services and Rio vertiport

Brazil’s MICAELIS has partnered with the Brazilian Association of Aeromedical Operations (ABOA) to develop the integration of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) in the transport of organs, tissues, samples for examinations, and blood […]