Tesla could "maybe one day" create an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing craft – but don't expect it any time soon. On Sunday, the Tesla CEO Elon Musk responded via Twitter to a fan question about ...

There are lots of acronyms for electric aviation, but eVTOL has stood the test of time for 15 years. In August 2014, NASA unveiled its GL-10 "Greased Lightning" vectored-thrust eVTOL demonstrator with ...

The global VTOL drone market reached approximately $8.3 billion in 2023, with projections indicating growth to $16.7 billion by 2030, according to market research from Grand View Research. This ...

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A new player is getting ready to take its chance on the VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) market. Founded by experts in propulsion systems, Odys Aviation has the ambitious goal of launching a ...

Electrification of cars and trucks is just the beginning of the global electrification of everything. One of the next steps will be the electrification of aircraft, which has so far been held back by ...

Right now, the entire electric VTOL scene is a house built on a foundation of faith. Faith that the hordes of researchers beavering away on next-gen battery technology will achieve an enormous energy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jaunt has introduced the Journey, a radically different type of “compound aircraft” that combines what it sees as the best ...

One of the weirdest aircraft to fly in EAA AirVenture this year is an electric VTOL. The Opener Blackfly is an aircraft that you can fly without a pilot license, but there's a catch. Every summer, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Writing about vertical flight aircraft & advanced aviation technology. The EHang 184 electric VTOL aircraft has two ...

Integrating hybrid-electric propulsion capabilities into Vertical’s next-generation aircraft prototype, unlocking multi-billion-dollar opportunities including defence, logistics and wider commercial ...

Some 50 miles outside London, roughly in between Cambridge and Oxford, lies a decent-sized town called Milton Keynes. A couple of miles outside Milton Keynes sits Cranfield Airport, originally built ...