China’s nascent electric air taxi industry is forging tighter links with the country’s automative manufacturers and its massive electric-vehicle supply chain.
AeroHT is developing the Land-based Aircraft Carrier, an all-electric, five-passenger off-road SUV that carries a two-passenger multirotor eVTOL in its trunk.
Aura Aero is to receive €13.2 million ($14.1 million) in government funding to support development of the Era hybrid-electric 19-seat regional airliner.
Overair has received a U.S. Navy contract to develop the high-integrity individual blade control tech in its Butterfly optimum-speed tiltrotor eVTOL aircraft.
With eyes on the market inside and outside the country, Chinese eVTOL-makers are claiming low costs that could spell a challenge for their Western competitors.