Back to the Future Part II gave us a flying DeLorean, then left us waiting for reality to catch up. Now the name is heading into electric flying car racing. The DeLorean Airspeeder Team won’t deliver your dream commuter, but it gives fans something real to cheer for above the ground.
Measuring 32.3 m across and weighing over 11,340 kg at takeoff, Heart Aerospace’s X1 completed a 27-minute maiden flight powered entirely by batteries—and used about US$5 of electricity.
Hidden behind DJI’s latest Everest announcement was something much bigger than another drone test. Meet the EV50, DJI’s first eVTOL delivery drone, designed to tackle high-altitude missions where conventional multirotors begin to struggle.
Most eVTOLs still look like oversized drones with cabins attached. The Doroni H1-X takes a different route, hiding its propellers inside sleek ducted fans to deliver a personal aircraft that finally looks like the flying cars science fiction promised us.
Flying cars may never become the norm, but AIREV believes personal eVTOL aircraft can. The all-electric AIR ONE packs eight motors, multiple layers of redundancy, foldable wings, and even a transparent floor, bringing Jetsons-style personal flight one step closer to reality.
The Archer Midnight eVTOL cruises at 240 km/h with a 160 km range and rapid battery charging between flights.
The fully electric aircraft carries up to four people, flies autonomously, and uses ducted fans to remove the danger of exposed propellers.
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Supernal LLC, Hyundai Motor Group’s high-flying division, just showed off their latest sky-skipping toy, the S-A2, at CES 2024. This electric vertical takeoff and landing […]
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Clearly, not wanting to be left out on the highway in the skies, Subaru has also unveiled its vision of a flying car. Dubbed the […]