Autoflight, an eVTOL developer based in Shanghai, China, announced on Nov. 22 that it had raised $100M in a Series A investment round led by Lukasz Gadowski and his Berlin-based company, Team Global.
Eve Urban Air Mobility Solutions, a division of the Brazilian aerospace firm Embraer, announced new partnerships in Asia and Europe in November and December.
Volocopter, the German eVTOL developer, has reportedly abandoned plans for a merger in a SPAC deal, according to a Nov. 26 account in the German financial outlet Finance Forward.
On Nov. 11, German eVTOL developer Volocopter conducted a flight demonstration at Gimpo Airport in Seoul, South Korea.
In November, Manta Aircraft, a Switzerland-based developer of hybrid-electric vertical and/or short takeoff and landing (V/STOL) aircraft, announced five new partnerships.
On Nov. 5, Hyundai Motor Group announced the formation of “Supernal, LLC” (www.supernal.aero) to lead its AAM efforts.
Zurich, Switzerland-based eVTOL company Dufour Aerospace launched the Aero2 as its first commercially available product in their tilt-wing eVTOL family on Nov. 4.
On Oct. 27, Vertical Aerospace announced that it had secured $205M in a financing. The new funding will support the production and certification of the VA-X4, its five-seat eVTOL with a range of 100 miles (161 km).
Jetson AB, a Stockholm, Sweden-based eVTOL developer, has begun accepting a limited number of orders for the Jetson ONE, a single-seat eVTOL featuring a rigid aluminum frame and eight electric motors.
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Tier 1 Engineering is one of the pioneers of electric vertical flight and the only company in the world that’s been regularly flying a piloted electric helicopter since 2016 as part of its development program.
