Monat: November 2021
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Lukasz Gadowski invests $100 Million in Autoflight
German Investor Lukasz Gadowski ( started for example Delivery Hero) invested in Tian Yu’s Shanghai-based Autoflight which recently has released its 3 – 4 Person Air taxi V1500M and already started the serial production and delivery of unmanned eVTOL- cargo drones such as the V400 „Albatros“. Today the leading German economics newspaper Handelsblatt reported this…
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DLR, Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Bauhaus Luftfahrt Jointly Developing 100-seat hybrid-Electric Aircraft Concept
The German Aerospace Center DLR is has investigating the overall system of a hybrid-electric short-haul aircraft for up to 100 passengers together with Airbus, Rolls-Royce and Bauhaus Luftfahrt e.V..This program is part of the SynergIE joint project funded by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi). Research efforts are focused on new…
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Xpeng To Begin Test Fly X2 eVTOL in Europe in H1’22
Xpeng Motors presented their urban air mobility (UAM) vision and the eVTOL designs developed by their subsidiary HT Aero which Xpeng acquired last year. This is the first time that Xpeng Auto presented its UAM and eVTOL in Europe. The founder and CEO of HT Aero, Mr. Deli Zhao, through pre-recorded video, and the European…
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Premier at the European Rotors show
eVTOL World Premiere at the first day of the European Rotors, Michael Kügelen showed his eMagic one for the first Time at the first day of the first edition of the EASA show. The single seat eVTOL is a Proof of concept of a „lift and cruise“ eVTOL. That means the aircraft has dedicated Motors…
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EUROPEAN ROTORS opened by EASA and EHA
Patrick Ky Executive Director of EASA the European Aviation Safety Agency and Peter Möller Chairman of EHA European Helicopter Association opend the first VTOL show today at 9 am.
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European Rotors VTOL show 2021 ramping up in cologne
EASAs first VTOL show is getting ready. The show will start tomorrow Tuesday November 16th. The show, organized by the EASA and the EHA – European Helicopter Association focuses on helicopters as well as on other VTOLs. here are some images from ramping up.
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Embraer Presented Sustainability Vision and New Aircraft Designs
On November 8 Embraer held a grand conference on sustainable aviation development planning. The President and CEO of Embraer Commercial Aircraft announced Embraer’s sustainable aviation plan and unveiled four matching aircraft design concepts.The overall goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2025. According to Embraer’s plan, in 2030 all models produced by Embraer can use…
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Hyundai Name UAM Division in the US
On November 9 Hyundai Motor Group announced the name of its urban air mobility (UAM) division: Supernal. The UAM division is based in Washington DC, US and is headed by Jaiwon Shin, the former NASA deputy adminstrator. Hyundai Motor Group stepped into the eVTOL and UAM arena in 2019 when it set up the UAM…