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Last Updated: January 17, 2024, 13:15 ISTMarut Drones and SkyDrive Partners for Futuristic Air Travel in India. (Photo: Marut)Marut Drones and SkyDrive collaborates for an air travel revolution in India, bringing flying taxis and sustainable mobility to the forefront.Marut Drones and SkyDrive are teaming up to redefine the future of air transportation.Their Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signals a major milestone in the world of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, offering exciting possibilities…

 Since the Wright brothers invented the airplane in 1903, one aspect of how we fly hasn't changed. Evolving plane design and improved engines aside, almost all modern aircraft have one thing in common: They're powered by combustible fuels. That may be changing, though. Just as electric cars have started to revolutionize driving, a growing group of startups are now looking to electrify air transport.  Take Beta Technologies. Last month, the company flew a battery-operated aircraft — designed with fixed wings and vertical…

As of 2023, the new millennium has proven to be way less full of flying cars than the movies promised. In today’s present, the sky isn’t dotted with compact vehicles zipping back and forth through an aerial metropolis. But maybe tomorrow could be. Or at least that’s what a handful of tech startups are angling for, Eve Air Mobility included.Cops Pull Over Self-Driving CarThe company announced on Monday that it has wrapped up wind tunnel testing for its electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL). Using a…

Beta Technologies is pursuing Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for a fixed-wing electric airplane after receiving orders from three customers, the company announced Tuesday. The privately-held, Vermont-based startup sees certification of the CX 300 - a conventional takeoff and landing version of its Alia 250 electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft - as a path to introduce an electric aircraft into U.S. airspace under existing regulations, Chief Executive Kyle Clark told Reuters. "It's a…

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Nearly four hours into Tesla’s marathon Investor Day, someone in the audience tried again to bring Elon Musk, the Tesla (and Twitter and SpaceX) CEO back to the present day. From a stage at the Gigafactory in Austin, Texas, Musk had announced an ambitious “Master Plan 3” to save the world. For $10 trillion in manufacturing investment, Musk said, the world could move wholesale to a renewable electricity grid, powering electric cars, planes, and ships.“Earth can and will move to a sustainable energy economy, and will do so…

NASA will invest $425 million to help Boeing develop a demonstrator aircraft for its Transonic Truss-Braced Wing design, which the space agency hopes will improve the fuel efficiency of commercial aviation.In a press conference yesterday, NASA officials said a flight test of the aircraft is planned for 2028.“It’s our goal that NASA’s partnership with Boeing to produce and test a full-scale demonstrator will help lead to future commercial airliners that are more fuel efficient, with benefits to the environment, the…

The Wisk 6th generation aircraft continues from the 5th generation “Cora” design but expands the cabin and replaces wheels with skies, meaning any takeoff needs to be done VTOL-style.Photo: WiskThe famed Kittyhawk air taxi company is no more, but one of the initiatives spawned from its failed attempts to create quiet, fast, and cheap air taxis has a new design that a new company says may be thebest chance yet to see big yellow school buses buzzing overhead.On Monday, air taxi company Wisk showed off the first details for…

United Airlines has announced a $15 million investment in electric aviation startup Eve Air Mobility and will purchase 200 electric aircraft which can seat four passengers and take off and land vertically like a helicopter. This marks another significant investment from United in flying taxis — or eVTOLs (electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles) — that have the potential to revolutionise the commuter experience in cities around the world. United signed a purchase agreement for up to 400 eVTOL aircraft from Eve,…

If the prospect of flying electric taxis zooming to and from major airports via an app sounds like a pie in the sky, try not to tell United Airlines.On Thursday the airliner announced a $15 million investment into electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle startup Eve Air Mobility along with a conditional purchase agreement for 200 of the firm’s so-called flying taxis. United’s betting big on these helicopter-like, supposedly zero-emission electric aircraft to revolutionize mid-length urban air travel. Whether or not…