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Archer Aviation
Archer Aviation is an American aerospace company in San Jose, California, founded in 2018, that develops the Midnight electric air taxi carrying a pilot and four passengers.
Beta Technologies Alia
The Alia is a family of electric aircraft from Beta Technologies of Vermont, made in fixed-wing and eVTOL variants for cargo, medical, and passenger missions.
Christopher Tyler Jones
Christopher Tyler Jones is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and aerospace engineer elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 2021 for defense logistics leadership.
EHang
EHang Holdings Limited is a Chinese manufacturer of pilotless electric aircraft in Guangzhou, founded in 2014; its EH216-S holds the world's first passenger eVTOL type certificate.
Eve Air Mobility
Eve Air Mobility is an Embraer-backed aerospace company in Melbourne, Florida, developing an electric vertical takeoff and landing air taxi, with certification targeted for 2028.
EVTOL
An eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft is an electric aircraft that takes off and lands vertically like a helicopter, often called an air taxi.
Flying car
A flying car, or roadable aircraft, is a vehicle certified to drive on roads and fly as an airplane, a concept dating to 1917 that has never achieved commercial success.
Jetson One
Jetson One is a single-seat, eight-motor electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft built by Jetson, founded by Peter Ternström and Tomasz Patan in 2017, flown with a joystick.
Joby Aviation
Joby Aviation is a Santa Cruz, California aerospace company founded by JoeBen Bevirt in 2009 to develop and operate electric air taxis, notably the five-seat S4.
Joby S4
The Joby S4 is an all-electric air taxi developed by Joby Aviation of Santa Cruz, California, carrying a pilot and four passengers at up to 200 mph.
SkyDrive (company)
SkyDrive Inc. is a Japanese eVTOL aircraft manufacturer in Toyota City, founded by Tomohiro Fukuzawa in 2018 and known for Japan's first crewed eVTOL flight in 2019.
Vahana (eVTOL aircraft)
Vahana was an all-electric, single-seat, self-piloted eVTOL technology demonstrator developed by A³, Airbus's Silicon Valley advanced projects outpost, which completed 138 full-scale test flights in Oregon before the program ended in November 2019.
Vertical Aerospace
Vertical Aerospace is a British aerospace manufacturer in Bristol, founded in 2016 by Stephen Fitzpatrick of OVO, developing eVTOL aircraft including the Valo, and listed on the NYSE in 2021.