SkyDrive Begins Building First eVTOL Prototype

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...

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