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NEC’s Flying Car Completes Successful Test Flight in Japan
“You may think of ‘Back to the Future,’” Fumiaki Ebihara, an official with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, told CBS News in 2018. “Up to now, it was just a dream, but with innovations in motors and batteries, it’s time for it to become real.” Let the records show that in early…
New Race Series for Flying Cars
Playing off the idea of “if you build it they will come,” tech entrepreneur Matt Pearson believes his launch of a motorsports racing series for the sky will propel innovation in electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOL). If the popularity of NASCAR and Formula 1 are any indication, there’s an eager fan base that…
Netherlands’ PAL-V and Kuwait Airways Ink Partnership Deal
Kuwait Airways Corporation (KAC) and the Dutch manufacturer of the Personal Air Land Vehicle (PAL-V) flying cars announced that they have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) outlining their plans for KAC to provide maintenance services for the flying car fleet in the Persian Gulf and Middle East when it begins selling cars in 2021….
Detroit Flying Car Startup MOBi-ONE Prepares for Takeoff
Airspace Experience Technologies (ASX), an aviation technology start-up, wants to use Detroit’s automotive manufacturing resources as a springboard to advance the era of urban air mobility. To that end, the flying car startup has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with TPS Logistics. TPS Logistics is a 25-year-old global transportation company. Potential manufacturing sites to…
Volocopter Awarded as Technology Pioneer
The World Economic Forum recently chose Volocopter, maker of air taxis, as one of the 56 most promising Technology Pioneers of 2019. The German company makes electronic air taxis that take off and land vertically (eVTOL). It aims to use its emissions-free air taxis to help ease traffic in large cities around the world. Volocopter’s…
Double-Dutch: GKN Fokker Joins Forces with PAL-V to Perfect Flying Car
Netherlands-based GKN Fokker, a maker of aircraft and aircraft components, recently signed a MOU to help accelerate a flying car being developed by PAL-V. GKN Fokker will help PAL-V strengthen its business capabilities and add new technologies to the eVTOL currently in design and development. “GKN Fokker will assist us in the finalization of the…