UASystems Sees Hybrid Helicopters As Better Than eVTOLs

The eZELOS S4 can carry a pilot and three passengers up to 500 km at speeds up to 320 km/hr.

Credit: Hans-Christian Stuber
Electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicles have been widely promoted as an improvement over conventional helicopters thanks to their lower noise and emissions, paving the way for mass urban air mobility (UAM) on a previously unheard-of scale. Or so the theory goes. But as startups burn...
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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