Air taxis and personal transports

EHang announces “solid state battery breakthrough and 48 minute EH216-S flight”

EHang Holdings Limited has announced “a significant breakthrough in the development of high-energy solid-state battery technology, in collaboration with the Low-Altitude Economy Battery Research Institute of the Hefei International Advanced Technology Application Promotion Center and […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

EHang launches new Hefei operations hub and vertiport – commercial operations “this year”

EHang Holdings Limited has announced the launch of a UAM Hub at Luogang Central Park in Hefei, Anhui Province, marking the second vertiport established in Luogang Park following the opening of the Urban Air Mobility […]

Air taxis and personal transports

Electra unveils design of its EL9 Ultra Short nine-seat hybrid electric aircraft

Electra today revealed the design of its EL9 Ultra Short hybrid-electric product aircraft, a nine-passenger piloted aircraft. “Electra now enters the development phase of the EL9 backed by over a year of successful flight testing of its […]

AAM/UAM route and programme news

“LIFT Aircraft to offer personal eVTOL services with Marubeni in Osaka in 2025”

Multiple media outlets have reported that personal electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) startup LIFT Aircraft has announced plans to launch in Japan during next year’s World Expo in Osaka with its partner Marubeni Aerospace. According to a […]

Air taxis and personal transports

“China’s Geely considering major investment in Volocopter” – media reports

Multiple news services in Asia report that Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Holding) is considering a major investment in Germany’s Volocopter GmbH “to help the flying taxi company avoid bankruptcy,” reports TechinAsia. The media outlet […]