Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft

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An Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) Aircraft is an VTOL aircraft that is an electric vehicle.



References

2020


2020

  • https://theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/07/are-flying-taxis-ready-for-lift-off
    • QUOTE: ... A handful of well-funded startups, some backed by major aviation and car companies, have carried out test flights of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. Piloted air taxi and shuttle services are expected before 2025. Uber says it expects to be operating aircraft without pilots by around 2030. Heavy hitters including Toyota, Hyundai and Boeing are giving eVTOLs what looks like unstoppable momentum and this raises some important questions. Where will eVTOLs fly? ...

      ... There are three broad classes of vehicle: wingless “multicopters”, which are best suited for shorter journeys and rely on rotors for both vertical and horizontal movement; “lift and cruise” eVTOLs, which use rotors to hover and wings for more efficient cruising; and more complex “vectored thrust” systems that have wings and fans or propellers and can swivel their thrust generators. ...