Airbus Helicopters is hitting the breaks on program progress, citing that battery technologies need to evolve before it can launch a successful UAM program.

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Airbus Helicopters CEO Bruno Even says the company will pause development of its CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) advanced air mobility (AAM) aircraft at the end of ...

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Airbus Helicopters has led work on the CityAirbus NextGen eVTOL program, but the company is now suspending efforts to bring the four-passenger model to market.

The German air taxi startups Lilium and Volocopter both had to file for insolvency and are now trying to reorganise themselves. Now the major aviation group ...

Even says that, in particular, battery maturity is not sufficient to support the mission proposed for CityAirbus NextGen – carrying four passengers on routes of 80-100km (43-54nm). Batteries ...

There’s a lot of noise coming from a nascent transportation industry that tries to change our world by means of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. That’s because there ...

The Airbus has developed a new concept of an electric “air taxi” called CityAirbus NextGen, which promises to offer fast and ...

The article outlines the electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft specialist's plans to launch commercial operations in Abu Dhabi this year, and includes some interesting information ...

Airbus has also officially begun remotely piloted flight testing of its full-scale prototype for the CityAirbus NextGen electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This flight test ...