Tokyo, Japan -- Airline ANA said Thursday that, together with a US start-up, it hopes to have electric "air taxis" whizzing over Japan from as early as 2027. ANA and California-based Joby Aviation said they will establish a joint venture with a view to deploying more than 100 of the...
Flying taxis: Saudi Arabia stares at sustainable skies
NEOM, the Kingdom's futuristic city, hosts Volocopter's pioneering eVTOL aircraft test flights, marking a substantial stride towards sustainable, smart mobility.
NEOM and Volocopter conduct successful flight trials of air taxis
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- NEOM and Volocopter have announced a series of successful flight trials of electric vertical vehicles (eVTOL), commonly known as air taxis, marking the first ever testing of an electric and zero-emission urban air mobility (UAM) system in Kingdom's futuristic city. The project, a result of an...
Stellantis to build electric ‘air taxis’ with Archer
Called Midnight, the vehicle looks like a small plane with several rotors on its wings and is designed to make consecutive trips of around 20 miles (30 kilometers) with a recharge time of about 10 minutes between each trip. Archer envisions an age of aerial ride-sharing, an "Uber or Lyft...
