SkyDrive Begins Building First eVTOL Prototype

Graham Warwick Ben Goldstein March 07, 2024

SkyDrive plans to begin commercial air taxi service with the SD-05 by early 2027.

Credit: SkyDrive
Japanese startup SkyDrive has begun construction of its first prototype SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) air taxi at automaker Suzuki Motors’ manufacturing plant in Itawa in Shizuoka prefecture. The piloted two-passenger SD-05 is being produced by Sky Works, a joint venture...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

Ben Goldstein

Based in Boston, Ben covers advanced air mobility and is managing editor of Aviation Week Network’s AAM Report.

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