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EmbraerX subsidiary Eve and Airservices Australia are working together to create a scalable UAM framework that could work for any large metropolitan area.
Levitate Capital sees the commercial air mobility sector getting established more slowly than some eVTOL aircraft developers expect, but potentially being a dominant facet of what it calls "the drone economy."
The company aims to be able to power a 20-seat aircraft on flights as long as 575 miles by 2023 and is preparing for a 250-mile demonstration flight in a smaller aircraft by March 2021.
The Arch UAM Grand Challenge will provide three cities with a free urban air mobility simulator to help them evaluate plans for integrating eVTOL aircraft into their transportation plans.