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Volocopter releases roadmap for urban air mobility implementation
Volocopter says successful approaches to implementing urban air mobility will put customers first in every aspect, including safety, aircraft design, and air operations.
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Volocopter seeks FAA approval for US air taxi launch
A US launch could follow a European one quite quickly for Volocopter, as the FAA has accepted its application for a concurrent Type Certificate.
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Uber sells its flying taxi division as offloading continues
With reported losses of over $600 million last quarter, Uber has continued to sell off some of its more experimental arms with the offloading of Uber Elevate.
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Chinese Government issues backing for UAM drive
The General office of the State Council of China has expressed a desire for better legislation around UAV development, with legal framework set to be drafted to regulate the industry.
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Dubai partnership to explore feasibility of autonomous air vehicles
Dubai's RTA and the Dubai Air Navigation Services will take part in workshops and activities to develop research and related innovation, define potential air routes for vehicles and explore safety and security measures.
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City of Linz moves forward as urban air mobility (UAM) pilot city
Through a strategic partnership with EHang, the Austrian city will reportedly become Europe's first UAM pilot city.
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Volocopter: shaping the future of urban air mobility
Recently appointed as the Chief Technical Officer of Volocopter, Dr. Arnaud Coville tells Intelligent Transport about the technology behind Volocopter and the regulation that comes with it.
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Partnership seeks to develop scalable urban air mobility infrastructure
Urban-Air Port Ltd and Hyundai Air Mobility have entered into the partnership in a bid to explore and develop cost-effective, sustainable and rapidly deployable urban air mobility (UAM) infrastructure.
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Air taxi firm Lilium extends funding round to over $275 million
The recent extension of the current funding round brings the total investment to date to more than $375 million.
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EHang to build the “world’s first AAV E-port” in China
The development of the E-port aims to accelerate the commercialisation of autonomous aerial vehicles (AAV) in the travel and tourism industries.
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Air taxi firm Lilium completes $240 million funding round
The funding round was led by Tencent, with participation from other existing investors including Atomico, Freigeist and LGT.
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First urban air mobility pilot to be launched in Spain
The pilot will be carried out by EHang, a Chinese autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company.
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Ehang obtains operational permit for autonomous air taxi test in Norway
This is said to be the first operational flight permit for long term testing flight of Ehang's air taxi - EHang 216 - in Europe, which aims to lay foundation for the future of urban air mobility (UAM) operations in other EU countries.
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NASA advances urban air mobility project with agreement signings
The NASA-led Grand Challenge series will bring together companies intending to develop and/or operate air vehicles or airspace management services within the larger urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem.
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Volocopter extends Series C funding to €87 million
To date, Volocopter, which aims to produce the world’s first sustainable and scalable urban air mobility service, has raised total funding of €122 million.
