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Japanese startup SkyDrive has begun construction of its first prototype SD-05 electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing air taxi.

Montreal-based Jaunt Air Mobility is finalizing the G-1 certification basis for Part 29 approval of its Journey eVTOL vehicle with Transport Canada.

Aviation Week ranks the 15 leading companies in the nascent eVTOL market.

Japanese eVTOL startup SkyDrive has secured additional Series C funding through a third-party allotment of new shares to existing investor Suzuki Motor.

Japan’s SkyDrive has signed a memorandum of understanding to collaborate on heavy-lift drones with the Technology Innovation Hub on Autonomous Navigation.

Advanced air mobility developments and sustainability concerns are driving changes in the design of flight control systems.

SkyDrive and Kansai Electric Power Co. have jointly developed charging equipment for electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft.

Beta Technologies has applied for a $150 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Export-Import Bank to finance its electric aircraft manufacturing facility.

SkyDrive of Japan has formed a production subsidiary to build its electric SD-05 eVTOL aircraft at a Suzuki Motor company manufacturing plant starting in 2024.

The agreement is for up to 50 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing vehicles.

SkyDrive and JAXA have signed a joint research agreement devoted to improving noise-estimation technology for electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft

Tier 1 aerospace suppliers see the AAM industry as a way to bridge the business and technology gaps to the next single-aisle airliner.

South Korean eVTOL startup Plana plans to lease space in the National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence in Springfield, Ohio.

Japanese air taxi startup SkyDrive has announced a pair of new orders from customers in Vietnam and the U.S.

Startups look to larger vehicles as eVTOL leaders move into the all-important certification testing phase.

Automotive and motorcycle maker Suzuki will help SkyDrive manufacture its eVTOL, which will now carry three people.

One of the premises of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.

A premise of advanced air mobility is that it can bring improved connectivity and economic development to disadvantaged regions.

SkyDrive has started preselling its SD-05 electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft to private individuals.

The financing comes as SkyDrive works to certify its aircraft in time to launch commercial air taxi service for the 2025 World Expo being hosted in Osaka.

Organizers of the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Kansai, have selected the partners with which they plan to showcase advanced air mobility in Japan.

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