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AeroMobil Set to Release 6.0 eVTOL Design
AeroMobil, the Slovakian flying car manufacturer, plans to reveal a scaled design of its version 6.0 flying car before the close of 2019. The 6.0 eVTOL will be the company’s first flight-mode-only model, said Simon Bendrey, AeroMobil’s head of engineering, at the Global Urban Air Summit in the UK. AeroMobil also announced the launch of…
Kitty Hawk VTOL Has Flown 25,000 Times
Flyer, the one-person VTOL being developed by Kitty Hawk, the flying car company founded by former Google executive Sebastian Thrun, has now flown more than 25,000 times. The company hopes to market the one-passenger/pilot Flyer alongside CORA, its two-person/piloted air taxi, which is being developed with Boeing. Flyer is intended for recreational use. Kitty Hawk…
Flying Car Skyport Condos Coming Soon
Swimming pool? Check. Tennis courts. Check. Boxing ring. Check. Workout gym. Check. Pilates studio. Check. When it comes to luxury living, it’s all about the amenities, right? And for today’s high-end homebuyers with an eye on tomorrow, Paramount Miami Worldcenter completes the picture with your own skyport to land your VTOL on the rooftop of…
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….