eVTOL

(Newser) - Two flying cars collided during a rehearsal for an airshow in China, sending smoke billowing and raising fresh questions about the safety of the futuristic technology. The electric vertical takeoff and landing—eVTOL—vehicles hit each other mid-air at the rehearsal in Changchun, sending one craft crashing to the...

(Newser) - When he was still a boy making long, tedious trips between his school and his mountain home during the '80s, JoeBen Bevirt fantasized about flying cars that could whisk him to his destination in minutes. As CEO of Joby Aviation, Bevirt is getting closer to turning his boyhood dream...

(Newser) - The Jetsons was set in 2062, but a vehicle George Jetson might be comfortable taking his kids to school in could be here a lot sooner. Joby Aviation, a key player in the eVTOL— electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle—market, has received Federal Aviation Administration to begin flight testing...