How close are electric air taxis to carrying passengers at scale?
View on the trackereVTOL leaders are pre-revenue and burning cash toward certification. Joby and Archer have raised billions and look funded; many European rivals already went bankrupt. Our read on who has the runway. (Our opinion, not investment advice.)
Air-taxi makers are not building the same vehicle. Joby and Archer bet on piloted, ~100-mile aircraft; EHang and Volocopter fly shorter, often autonomous hops. The range spec reveals the strategy.
An eVTOL can fly thousands of test flights and still not be allowed to carry a paying passenger. The gate is FAA type certification — a five-stage process — and it, not flashy demos, is the real finish line.
Joby Aviation — Joby flew between JFK and Manhattan's heliport network, demonstrating the urban air-taxi use case.
Joby Aviation — Joby cleared the FAA's airworthiness conformity review — the most advanced US eVTOL certification position.
Joby Aviation — Joby flew a piloted eVTOL air taxi from Marina to Monterey — the first such flight between two public airports.
Volocopter — After insolvency and a Wanfeng buyout, Volocopter resumed its EASA path with 2,000+ test flights logged.
EHang — China's CAAC certified the autonomous EH216-S — the first passenger eVTOL type certificate anywhere.
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