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1st Self-Flying, 4-Seat, All-Electric, Vertical Takeoff & Landing Air Taxi

November 9, 2022 admin Aviation, clean transport, electric aircraft, Electric vehicles, evtol, kitty hawk, robotaxis, the boeing company, wisk aero

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2022 04:39:38 +0000

California’s Wisk Aero claims that it has developed the first self-flying, fully electric, 4-seat air taxi in the world. This is its 6th generation air taxi and it is reportedly “designed to meet and exceed rigorous commercial safety standards, making it one of the safest systems in aviation,” according to Wisk Aero. But how real […]

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Is Kitty Hawk Introducing Range Anxiety For eVTOL Aircraft With Its Heaviside?

October 13, 2019 admin aircraft, airliners, airplanes, alphabet moonshot factory, autonomous vehicles, Aviation, clean transport, Cora, ectol, electric aircraft, electric airplanes, electric conventional take-off and landing, Electric vehicles, electric vertical take-off and landing, evtol, flyer, heaviside, hvsd, kitty hawk, sebastian thrun ceo kitty hawk, turbo fans, uam, urban air mobility, volocopter, vtol, wing-span, x co-founder

Credit to Author: Nicolas Zart| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 03:50:50 +0000

We finally heard about Kitty Hawk’s “secret project,” which sports the strange name of Heaviside. It introduces the notion of range for an electric vertical take-off & landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The demonstration of the aircraft flying is fantastic but I wonder if we’re about to witness another “range anxiety” war between eVTOL manufacturers? Let’s hope not