Urban Air Mobility News

2 days ago | urbanairmobilitynews.com | Philip Butterworth-Hayes

China’s CNEVPost reports that Chery will launch its first eVTOL in October this year. “Wang Junjie, director of Chery’s flying car laboratory, revealed the plan at a forum held today in the southwestern city of Chongqing, saying that Chery will begin the certification process for the eVTOL at that time,” according to the report.

2 days ago | urbanairmobilitynews.com | Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Vertiflier has started taking deposits for its Vertiflier Air, “the safest and most affordable personal eVTOL with the longest flight time,” according to the company. The company has announced a limited number of pre-orders at USD99,000, with a USD5,000 refundable deposit; deliveries are planned for Q3 2027.

2 days ago | urbanairmobilitynews.com | Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Australian vertiport developer Skyportz has released a new iteration of its vertipad patent that ameliorates downwash and outwash at a private briefing for airport operators in Australia this week. “The ability to bring the aircraft to ground level after touchdown will enable it roll off the pad and proceed to charging bays, leaving the vertipad available for the next aircraft in high throughput vertiports,” said a company press release.

2 days ago | urbanairmobilitynews.com | Philip Butterworth-Hayes

Beta Technologies became the first U.S. company to land an all-electric aircraft at an airport in the New York-New Jersey region, the company and port authorities said on June 3. A Beta Alia CX300 conventional take off and landing (CTOL) aircraft touched down at John F. Kennedy International Airport after a 45-minute journey from Suffolk County in a first-of-its-kind passenger-carrying demonstration flight.

2 days ago | urbanairmobilitynews.com | Philip Butterworth-Hayes

According to the Bank of America Global Research team, the global civil adoption of eVTOLs could grow by 62% in 2025-30E. There are six end-applications for eVTOLs, namely public security, logistics distribution, medical & fire fighting, tourism, urban commuting, and intercity/intracity transportation, said researchers in a briefing paper. “BofA Global Research expects eVTOLs will mainly serve as a supplement to passenger vehicles (PVs), subways/HSRs, and buses for 50-150km travel.