YiVTOL: How This $59,000 Chinese Personal eVTOL Is Gaining Popularity Worldwide
Over the past year, one Chinese personal electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft manufacturer has been attracting considerable attention in the emerging personal aviation market. That company is YiVTOL,…
5 Lesser-Known Air Taxis That Could Challenge Joby and Archer
The race to commercialise electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is heating up. Companies such as Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, Beta Technologies and Vertical Aerospace have dominated the headlines,…
Hornet H1: Is This the Bigger, More Capable Jetson ONE?
What happens when you take the same basic design template as the Jetson ONE, fit larger propellers, increase the battery capacity, and remove the constraints that come with trying to…
What Went Wrong With the Lilium Jet? And Does Its Technology Still Have a Future?
When the Lilium Jet first appeared publicly in 2015, it seemed to represent the beginning of a new era in aviation. The aircraft looked unlike almost anything that had come…
10 Aviation Technologies Being Revived by Electric Aviation
Electric aviation is often described simply as the process of replacing an internal-combustion engine or turbine with batteries and electric motors. But that is only part of the story. One…
Why Vertical Aerospace’s VA-Valo Could Be the Most Practical Air Taxi So Far
Most electric air taxis share the same overlooked flaw: they treat passengers like premium cargo, while actual cargo is treated as an afterthought. That might sound like a small detail,…