Several French players in the aviation and transport industry have opened a test center for sustainable urban air mobility at the Pontoise-Cormeilles airport just outside the French capital, Paris. Trials of eVTOL from several manufacturers are now starting there.

The on-site tests are to be carried out together with the French civil aviation authority. The declared goal of those involved is to create at least two flight routes for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2024. The driving...

The companies magniX and AeroTEC have announced the successful maiden flight of what is said to be the world's largest fully electric aircraft, a fully electric Cessna Grand Caravan 208B. The half-hour flight in the US state of Washington apparently went perfectly.


The aircraft is an 18-year-old Cessna Grand Caravan, which was converted by the engineering office AeroTEC to an electric drive with a magni500 electric motor. The electric motor manufacturer magniX took over...

With the Californian company Archer, another startup for electric flight taxis is announcing itself. Archer can count on solvent investors - and developers from well-known companies - in the race for dominance in electric drones.


Archer is developing a purely electric aircraft that can take off and land vertically and is intended to carry four passengers over distances of up to 60 miles (almost 100 kilometers) at a speed of up to 250 km / h. Archer claims to be using the...