In early 2024, the company will start altitude testing of its one-megawatt electric motor generator as it continues work on a planned two-megawatt powertrain.
Work has focused on how the company's Remotely Operated Aircraft System could be used for large military aircraft, such as the KC-135 Stratotanker, in air-to-air refueling operations.
Having completed more than 1,000 remotely piloted flight tests with its eVTOL prototypes over the past 10 years, Joby Aviation has successfully flown its electric air taxi with pilots on board for the first time.
Elected officials. including U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, addressed an opening ceremony on October 2, hailing the company's contribution to decarbonizing aviation.
Eve Air Mobility is providing air traffic management support with its local partner, Moviation, while Joby is partnered with one of its investors, SK Telecom.
Shenzhen Boling Holding Group has placed a conditional order for as many as 100 of EHang's two-seat eVTOL aircraft, which the company intends to use for aerial sightseeing operations.
Joby Aviation has delivered an air taxi to the Edwards Air Force Base in California about six months ahead of schedule, marking the first-ever delivery of an eVTOL aircraft to a paying customer in the U.S.
Supernal's new research and development facility in Fremont, California, is dedicated to the advancement of batteries, autonomous systems, and other technologies that will enable electric air travel and urban air mobility.
The ability of VoltAero's Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft to run its turbogenerator on sustainable aviation fuel will be important to achieve its decarbonization efforts.
EA Maven consultants have identified 264 British cities and almost 1,000 new routes that could be served in an economically and environmentally sustainable way by new aircraft.
ZeroAvia has not confirmed how much its latest funding round has raised for plans to convert existing aircraft to use its fuel cell electric propulsion systems.
Joby Aviation will build its first large-scale production facility at Dayton International Airport, where it intends to manufacture up to 500 eVTOL aircraft per year.