Urban Air Mobility

Japan’s SkyDrive is moving fast to put commercial flying cars into the air over Osaka Bay.  The company, which launched a cargo drone this spring and flew their first flying car test flights this summer, plans to launch their air mobility product commercially by 2023.  It’s an ambitious timeline, but a …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) announced its EHang 216 two-seater passenger-grade autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) had completed its maiden flight in Korea. “It is Korea’s first time to launch a flight of an autonomous “air taxi” over a densely populated downtown area,” says a company press release.  The flight, which …

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has announced the first Unmanned Civil Aviation Experimental Zones (UCAEZs) to help accelerate the drone industry in China. “The list of UCAEZs covers as many as 13 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Hezhou, Hangzhou, Zigong, Anyang, Nanjing, Tianjin, Yulin, Shenyang, Dongying, Anqing and Ganzhou,” …

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, has unveiled the EHang 216L.  EHang’s heavy lift drone is ideal for short-to-medium-haul air logistics – both in cities and rural areas. The EHang 216L can carry a payload of 200kg – about 440 pounds …

EHang Holdings has announced that it has been selected to join Ambular, an international project to design the ultimate emergency vehicles: ambulance drones.  “Supported by the International Civil Aviation Organization (“ICAO”), the project also seeks to inspire the global aviation community to unleash the potential of eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and …

EHang continues to gain momentum towards widespread implementation of urban air mobility in Europe. EHang, the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) platform, announced the latest progress under it’s urban air mobility (UAM) pilot city partnership with Linz, Austria. Aerospace solutions company FACC and LINZ AG have deep expertise in …

EHANG 184 AAV Manned Flight Test by EHANG CEO Mr. Hu Huazhi (PRNewsfoto/EHang Holdings Limited) A new forecast for passenger drones and the eVTOL aircraft market predicts dramatic growth over the next 10 years. According to the new market research report from MarketsandMarkets on the “eVTOL Aircraft Market … Global …

How soon will it be before you can ride hail a drone?  Uber Elevate is investing heavily in urban air mobility (UAM).  This week, Uber Elevate announced a collaboration iwth venture -backed Hidden Level, a company specializing in low altitude airspace monitoring, to advance UAM operations. “Uber Elevate is Uber’s …

Every time we write about them, someone wants to know: Are passenger drones real?  The answer is yes – not only do they exist, but they’re being used successfully. Autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV) are not a topic of future science fiction: they are in use today.  EHang, the world’s leading …

Public opinion of drone delivery and air taxis is a major hurdle for the industry, as organizations from hospital networks to Walmart try to utilze the benefits of faster, contactless, on demand delivery.  A new study by German research collaborative Sky Limits indicates that German citizens, at least, aren’t ready …