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  1. Article: "An Uplifting Community. VFS is the home for all who are interested in advancing vertical flight."

    Vertiflite 2022 article & still relevant in 2026:
    legacy.vtol.org/news/commentar

    See evtol.news/aircraft, vtol.org/

    Please repost.

    #eVTOL #verticallift #VFS

  2. The #FAA has confirmed that Electra's ultra-short take-off and landing airplane will be certified as... an #airplane. Although not surprising, it's a big deal for #Electra, which is positioning its EL9 to compete with #eVTOL aircraft. Full story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev

  3. The #FAA has confirmed that Electra's ultra-short take-off and landing airplane will be certified as... an #airplane. Although not surprising, it's a big deal for #Electra, which is positioning its EL9 to compete with #eVTOL aircraft. Full story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev

  4. The #FAA has confirmed that Electra's ultra-short take-off and landing airplane will be certified as... an #airplane. Although not surprising, it's a big deal for #Electra, which is positioning its EL9 to compete with #eVTOL aircraft. Full story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev

  5. The #FAA has confirmed that Electra's ultra-short take-off and landing airplane will be certified as... an #airplane. Although not surprising, it's a big deal for #Electra, which is positioning its EL9 to compete with #eVTOL aircraft. Full story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev

  6. The #FAA has confirmed that Electra's ultra-short take-off and landing airplane will be certified as... an #airplane. Although not surprising, it's a big deal for #Electra, which is positioning its EL9 to compete with #eVTOL aircraft. Full story in The Air Current. #aviation #electricaviation theaircurrent.com/aircraft-dev

  7. Latające taksówki przestaną być tylko wizją. Toyota i Joby uruchamiają masową produkcję

    Przez lata wizja elektrycznych samolotów pionowego startu (eVTOL) kojarzyła się głównie z efektownymi renderami i obietnicami startupów bez pokrycia. Teraz sytuacja zmienia się diametralnie.

    Do gry o niebo nad miastami na poważnie wkracza motoryzacyjny gigant. Toyota łączy siły z firmą Joby Aviation, by przenieść produkcję latających taksówek z fazy inżynieryjnych eksperymentów prosto na masowe taśmy montażowe.

    Japońska precyzja i amerykańska technologia

    Obie firmy oficjalnie powołały do życia nową spółkę o nazwie Joby Toyota Aero Manufacturing Preparation Company. Japoński koncern nie zamierza być w tym układzie wyłącznie cichym inwestorem z grubym portfelem – Toyota objęła 51 procent udziałów w przedsięwzięciu, przejmując de facto kontrolę nad przygotowaniem procesu wytwórczego. Pozostałe 49 procent należy do Joby Aviation, kalifornijskiego lidera w rozwoju pasażerskich maszyn eVTOL. Siedziba nowej firmy zlokalizowana jest w Stanach Zjednoczonych, a za jej stery chwycił Yosuke Tsuruta.

    Dlaczego to tak ważny ruch na rynku nowych technologii? Startupy lotnicze potrafią zaprojektować innowacyjne pojazdy, ale zazwyczaj polegają na etapie ich opłacalnej, powtarzalnej budowy. Toyota wnosi do spółki swoje kilkudziesięcioletnie doświadczenie w logistyce, zarządzaniu łańcuchem dostaw oraz legendarny System Produkcyjny Toyoty (TPS), który zrewolucjonizował branżę motoryzacyjną.

    Od drogiego prototypu do lotów komercyjnych

    W pierwszej fazie działalności kalifornijska spółka skupi się na budowaniu solidnych fundamentów pod produkcję komercyjną. Inżynierowie mają za zadanie maksymalnie zredukować koszty budowy i wyeliminować błędy jakościowe podczas montażu. Skonstruowanie prototypu to jedno, ale wyprodukowanie tysięcy bezpiecznych egzemplarzy w sposób opłacalny finansowo to wyzwanie, na którym poległo już wielu branżowych wizjonerów.

    W kolejnym kroku joint venture zajmie się potężnym wyzwaniem formalnym, jakim jest wsparcie procesu certyfikacji maszyn do regularnych lotów pasażerskich. Zaangażowanie strukturalne Toyoty pokazuje jasno, że elektryczna mobilność powietrzna przestaje być mrzonką. Wielki biznes uwierzył w latające taksówki, co oznacza, że komercyjne pojazdy eVTOL mogą pojawić się na niebie szybciej, niż się spodziewaliśmy.

    Uber Air wystartuje w Dubaju jeszcze w tym roku

    #eVTOL #JobyAviation #latająceTaksówki #lotnictwoElektryczne #mobilnośćMiejska #noweTechnologie #produkcjaMasowa #toyota
  8. Latające taksówki przestaną być tylko wizją. Toyota i Joby uruchamiają masową produkcję

    Przez lata wizja elektrycznych samolotów pionowego startu (eVTOL) kojarzyła się głównie z efektownymi renderami i obietnicami startupów bez pokrycia. Teraz sytuacja zmienia się diametralnie.

    Do gry o niebo nad miastami na poważnie wkracza motoryzacyjny gigant. Toyota łączy siły z firmą Joby Aviation, by przenieść produkcję latających taksówek z fazy inżynieryjnych eksperymentów prosto na masowe taśmy montażowe.

    Japońska precyzja i amerykańska technologia

    Obie firmy oficjalnie powołały do życia nową spółkę o nazwie Joby Toyota Aero Manufacturing Preparation Company. Japoński koncern nie zamierza być w tym układzie wyłącznie cichym inwestorem z grubym portfelem – Toyota objęła 51 procent udziałów w przedsięwzięciu, przejmując de facto kontrolę nad przygotowaniem procesu wytwórczego. Pozostałe 49 procent należy do Joby Aviation, kalifornijskiego lidera w rozwoju pasażerskich maszyn eVTOL. Siedziba nowej firmy zlokalizowana jest w Stanach Zjednoczonych, a za jej stery chwycił Yosuke Tsuruta.

    Dlaczego to tak ważny ruch na rynku nowych technologii? Startupy lotnicze potrafią zaprojektować innowacyjne pojazdy, ale zazwyczaj polegają na etapie ich opłacalnej, powtarzalnej budowy. Toyota wnosi do spółki swoje kilkudziesięcioletnie doświadczenie w logistyce, zarządzaniu łańcuchem dostaw oraz legendarny System Produkcyjny Toyoty (TPS), który zrewolucjonizował branżę motoryzacyjną.

    Od drogiego prototypu do lotów komercyjnych

    W pierwszej fazie działalności kalifornijska spółka skupi się na budowaniu solidnych fundamentów pod produkcję komercyjną. Inżynierowie mają za zadanie maksymalnie zredukować koszty budowy i wyeliminować błędy jakościowe podczas montażu. Skonstruowanie prototypu to jedno, ale wyprodukowanie tysięcy bezpiecznych egzemplarzy w sposób opłacalny finansowo to wyzwanie, na którym poległo już wielu branżowych wizjonerów.

    W kolejnym kroku joint venture zajmie się potężnym wyzwaniem formalnym, jakim jest wsparcie procesu certyfikacji maszyn do regularnych lotów pasażerskich. Zaangażowanie strukturalne Toyoty pokazuje jasno, że elektryczna mobilność powietrzna przestaje być mrzonką. Wielki biznes uwierzył w latające taksówki, co oznacza, że komercyjne pojazdy eVTOL mogą pojawić się na niebie szybciej, niż się spodziewaliśmy.

    Uber Air wystartuje w Dubaju jeszcze w tym roku

    #eVTOL #JobyAviation #latająceTaksówki #lotnictwoElektryczne #mobilnośćMiejska #noweTechnologie #produkcjaMasowa #toyota
  9. The #FAA has been sending mixed messages as to whether it will allow commercial operations in non-certificated #aircraft under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. My latest story for The Air Current goes deep into the controversy around the prospect, and the dueling identities of electric aircraft as both passenger vehicles and emerging technologies with considerable political support. #aviation #electricaviation #eipp theaircurrent.com/regulation/f

  10. The #FAA has been sending mixed messages as to whether it will allow commercial operations in non-certificated #aircraft under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. My latest story for The Air Current goes deep into the controversy around the prospect, and the dueling identities of electric aircraft as both passenger vehicles and emerging technologies with considerable political support. #aviation #electricaviation #eipp theaircurrent.com/regulation/f

  11. The #FAA has been sending mixed messages as to whether it will allow commercial operations in non-certificated #aircraft under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. My latest story for The Air Current goes deep into the controversy around the prospect, and the dueling identities of electric aircraft as both passenger vehicles and emerging technologies with considerable political support. #aviation #electricaviation #eipp theaircurrent.com/regulation/f

  12. The #FAA has been sending mixed messages as to whether it will allow commercial operations in non-certificated #aircraft under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. My latest story for The Air Current goes deep into the controversy around the prospect, and the dueling identities of electric aircraft as both passenger vehicles and emerging technologies with considerable political support. #aviation #electricaviation #eipp theaircurrent.com/regulation/f

  13. The #FAA has been sending mixed messages as to whether it will allow commercial operations in non-certificated #aircraft under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program. My latest story for The Air Current goes deep into the controversy around the prospect, and the dueling identities of electric aircraft as both passenger vehicles and emerging technologies with considerable political support. #aviation #electricaviation #eipp theaircurrent.com/regulation/f

  14. Did anyone miss this article? I did.
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    China: "EHang Makes History: The World's First Paid Commercial Air Taxi Flights"
    .
    eVTOL Travel has the February 23, 2026:
    evtol.travel/blogs/ehang-comme
    .
    Please repost.
    .
    #eVTOL #ehang #aam #advancedairmobility #ondemandairtaxiservice

  15. When I asked the #FAA last year about whether non-type-certificated #aircraft would conduct commercial operations under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, their answer was a hard no. Now it's a distinct possibility — with some caveats, of course. Full story on this significant development for #electric #aviation in The Air Current: theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc

  16. When I asked the #FAA last year about whether non-type-certificated #aircraft would conduct commercial operations under the #eVTOL Integration Pilot Program, their answer was a hard no. Now it's a distinct possibility — with some caveats, of course. Full story on this significant development for #electric #aviation in The Air Current: theaircurrent.com/feed/dispatc

  17. Every so often I get to write a story for the pure enjoyment of writing it. This is one of them: a look back at the dawn of the #helicopter industry, and how it had more in common with the emerging #eVTOL industry than either helicopter or eVTOL proponents would probably like to admit. #aviation #history theaircurrent.com/historical-c

  18. Every so often I get to write a story for the pure enjoyment of writing it. This is one of them: a look back at the dawn of the #helicopter industry, and how it had more in common with the emerging #eVTOL industry than either helicopter or eVTOL proponents would probably like to admit. #aviation #history theaircurrent.com/historical-c

  19. Xpeng’s flying car just got real — and the future is annoyingly expensive

    Xpeng’s Land Aircraft Carrier blends road travel with vertical flight in a bold step toward everyday air mobility

    Dear Cherubs, China’s flying-car circus has moved from shiny prototype to something far less imaginary. Xpeng’s Land Aircraft Carrier, the modular road-and-air machine from its flying-car arm now known as Aridge, has been pushed through public demonstrations, trial production, and a growing pile of orders that suggests people really do want traffic to stop existing.

    THE PITCH

    According to XPENG, the Land Aircraft Carrier is designed as a two-part system: a six-wheel ground vehicle that carries and supports a detachable electric aircraft module. The company says the project is meant to combine everyday driving with vertical takeoff and landing, which is either the future of mobility or the most expensive way to avoid a red light. XPENG’s own materials say the broader flying-car program has been in development for years, with the Land Aircraft Carrier framed as a modular leap rather than a one-piece sci-fi gimmick.

    The headline-grabbing numbers are doing a lot of work here. The company has said the vehicle can reach a top air speed of about 360 km/h, cover more than 1,000 kilometers in combined ground and air use, carry four to five passengers, and cost under 2 million yuan, or roughly $280,000 to $290,000 depending on the exchange rate and how much optimism is in the room. XPENG also said it had more than 7,000 pre-orders by late 2025 and early 2026, helped by a 600-unit Gulf order that the company presented as a major international breakthrough.

    WHY PEOPLE ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT IT

    The reason this thing keeps making headlines is not just the gadget factor. It is the timing. China is pouring energy into what it calls the low-altitude economy, and XPENG has been loudly positioning itself as one of the first companies to turn that policy mood into hardware you can actually point at. Reuters reported an earlier Xpeng flying-drone test flight in Guangzhou in 2024, and by 2025 the company was openly describing the Land Aircraft Carrier as heading toward mass production and delivery in 2026.

    Still, there is a gap between “looks real on video” and “your neighbor parks one outside the building.” Certification, airworthiness approval, operational rules, pilot training, insurance, charging, landing infrastructure, and public safety all remain very real hurdles. XPENG itself has acknowledged that mass production depends on certification and qualification steps, which is a polite corporate way of saying the sky has paperwork too.

    For now, the Land Aircraft Carrier is less a finished transport revolution than a signpost. It shows that flying cars have finally escaped the land of filtered concept art and entered the much messier world of factories, regulators, and people asking, with a straight face, whether this thing is actually going to work. Hot take: that alone is progress.

    Sources list:
    XPENG Newsroom — https://www.xpeng.com/news/01992787505898ee96718a028110008c
    Reuters video: Xpeng’s flying car takes test flight in China — https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/chinas-xpengs-drone-car-aeroht-voyager-x2-completes-low-altitude-flight-2024-03-08/
    Reuters: Chinese flying car makes first public flight in Dubai — https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-flying-car-makes-first-public-flight-dubai-2022-10-11/
    TopGear — https://www.topgear.com/car-news/tech/beam-us-xpeng-has-7000-orders-its-bonkers-land-aircraft-carrier
    CnEVPost — https://cnevpost.com/2024/09/03/xpeng-aeroht-to-start-delivering-modular-flying-car-2026/
    Guangdong government news repost of China Daily — https://info.newsgd.com/node_73b7112307/2dc013a6c4.shtml
    thisclaimer.com — https://thisclaimer.com

    The Thisclaimer logo blends a classic warning symbol with a brain icon to represent critical thinking, curiosity, and thoughtful disclaimers. #AI #aridge #China #chineseTech #electricVehicles #evtol #flyingCar #futureTransport #Guangzhou #lowAltitudeEconomy #news #politics #technology #urbanAirMobility #xpeng
  20. The future of travel is closer than you think! 🚀 China's Xpeng is redefining urban mobility, aiming for full-scale deliveries of their groundbreaking "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car by 2027. 2027. Imagine swapping rush hour traffic for an aerial commute over the city skyline.

    #xpeng #flyingcar #aeroht #futureofmobility #urbanairmobility #evtol #techinnovation #chinatech #smarttransportation #futuristic #xpengx2 #aviationlover #transportationdesign #gizmodotech #instatech #2027

  21. The future of travel is closer than you think! 🚀 China's Xpeng is redefining urban mobility, aiming for full-scale deliveries of their groundbreaking "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car by 2027. 2027. Imagine swapping rush hour traffic for an aerial commute over the city skyline.

    #xpeng #flyingcar #aeroht #futureofmobility #urbanairmobility #evtol #techinnovation #chinatech #smarttransportation #futuristic #xpengx2 #aviationlover #transportationdesign #gizmodotech #instatech #2027

  22. The future of travel is closer than you think! 🚀 China's Xpeng is redefining urban mobility, aiming for full-scale deliveries of their groundbreaking "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car by 2027. 2027. Imagine swapping rush hour traffic for an aerial commute over the city skyline.

    #xpeng #flyingcar #aeroht #futureofmobility #urbanairmobility #evtol #techinnovation #chinatech #smarttransportation #futuristic #xpengx2 #aviationlover #transportationdesign #gizmodotech #instatech #2027

  23. The future of travel is closer than you think! 🚀 China's Xpeng is redefining urban mobility, aiming for full-scale deliveries of their groundbreaking "Land Aircraft Carrier" flying car by 2027. 2027. Imagine swapping rush hour traffic for an aerial commute over the city skyline.

    #xpeng #flyingcar #aeroht #futureofmobility #urbanairmobility #evtol #techinnovation #chinatech #smarttransportation #futuristic #xpengx2 #aviationlover #transportationdesign #gizmodotech #instatech #2027

  24. USA: The Vertical Flight Society's #Forum82 is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology. May 5-7, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

    Information/Registration:
    vtol.org/forum-and-events/annu

    #helicopter #rotorcraft #VTOL #eVTOL #tiltrotor

  25. When #UnitedAirlines CEO Scott Kirby recently said he doesn’t think #eVTOL #aircraft will be #airport taxis, he was reacting to very real safety concerns surrounding conflicts between #helicopters and fixed-wing traffic at busy airports. Behind the scenes, however, the FAA is doing a lot of careful work to facilitate their safe introduction in the future. Full story in The Air Current: theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-

  26. When #UnitedAirlines CEO Scott Kirby recently said he doesn’t think #eVTOL #aircraft will be #airport taxis, he was reacting to very real safety concerns surrounding conflicts between #helicopters and fixed-wing traffic at busy airports. Behind the scenes, however, the FAA is doing a lot of careful work to facilitate their safe introduction in the future. Full story in The Air Current: theaircurrent.com/air-traffic-

  27. USA: The Vertical Flight Society's #Forum82 is the world's leading international technical event on vertical flight technology. May 5-7, 2026 in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.

    Information/Registration:
    vtol.org/forum-and-events/annu

    #helicopter #rotorcraft #VTOL #eVTOL #tiltrotor