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#electricaviation — Public Fediverse posts

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  1. The Orkney News

    “These flights prove that electric aviation can support the essential services communities depend on every day.”

    Loganair, Royal Mail, and BETA Technologies (NYSE: BETA), a U.S.-based electric aerospace company, have successfully completed the U.K.’s first electric flight demonstration program across Scotland’s regional air network.

    April 3, 2026

    theorkneynews.scot/2026/04/03/

    #BETA_Technologies #Loganair #ElectricPlanes #ElectricAviation #ElectricVehicles #ev

    #Scotland #uk

  2. I caught up with Shane Arnott of #Anduril Industries in Dubai last week to discuss the company's new Omen #drone and supplier agreement with #eVTOL developer #ArcherAviation, which has interesting strategy implications for both companies. Full story is online at The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation #defensetech theaircurrent.com/defense/arch

  3. #ArcherAviation is acquiring the patents of defunct German #eVTOL developer #Lilium for 18 million euros, having prevailed in a competitive bidding process that also attracted rival #Joby. I spoke with Archer's CEO and chief legal and strategy officer about the deal for my latest story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc

  4. Blade CEO Rob Wiesenthal doesn't expect to see #eVTOL air taxis flying in #NYC until late 2027 or early 2028. But eVTOL companies are actively staking their claims in the market, as evidenced by today's route announcement from #ArcherAviation and #UnitedAirlines, which I wrote about for The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc

  5. In 2021, the downside cases in a Reinvent Technology Partners investment memo struck me as perhaps the most interesting part of #Joby and Reinvent's pitch to #eVTOL investors. Four years later, that memo looks remarkably prescient, as I explain in my latest story for The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation #archeraviation theaircurrent.com/industry-str

  6. Other #eVTOL developers may be dropping like flies, but investors keep giving #ArcherAviation more money — $730 million in the last 90 days alone. I caught up with Archer CEO Adam Goldstein yesterday to discuss why. #aviation #electricaviation #defensetech theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc