PRICE Systems, a company providing cost estimating solutions, is helping Uber and its partners in the Uber Air initiative in estimating the optimum price per hour for the air taxi service. PRICE claims that...
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Airbus recently announced a partnership with Groupe ADP, the RATP group, the Paris Ile-de-France region and the French civil aviation authority (DAGC) for the development of urban air mobility (UAM) in Paris. The French...
In 2017, electric aircraft start-up Eviation displayed a technology demonstrator at the Paris Air Show. In 2019, it returned with an airworthy prototype all-electric aircraft and an announcement of first orders from regional U.S...
Pipistrel Vertical Solutions – a Pipistrel company – unveiled its first eVTOL model 801 at the Uber Elevate summit, in Washington D.C. this week. This is a five-seater, fully electric air taxi concept. The...
Uber has revealed that Melbourne will be the first international launch city for its upcoming Uber Air service. At the last Uber Elevate Summit in 2018, the ride-sharing company announced that it will be...
According to an article on the Asia Times website, the EHang 216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle (AAV) will enter serial production in 2020. Serial production means that a production-conforming design has been fixed and that...
Uber Elevate has added a sixth company to its network of aircraft OEM partners – Jaunt Air Mobility. After announcing the initial five OEM partners at the first Uber Elevate Summit in 2017 and...
It is fitting that the third Uber Elevate Summit is taking place in Washington D.C – because this time it’s all about the regulators. Whilst the usual VTOL OEMs, Uber executives and drone specialists...
Volocopter is collaborating with UK-based helipad company Skyports to build its first eVTOL landing pad in Singapore this year. Along with its flagship 2X eVTOL, Volocopter is developing its own range of combined eVTOL...
Transcend Air, The VTOL company that is promising flights from Manhattan to Boston at a price of $283 one-way, has partnered with Lily Helipads to build zero-emission landing areas for its VTOL service. The...
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