Tag: Joby
This is how airplanes should fly with hydrogen
Joseph Callo Not only Kallo from H2fly has ambitious goals with hydrogen. Stuttgart An airplane without kerosene seems hard to imagine today. But Josef Kallo has a clear vision for…
US stock market falls after Powell’s statements on interest rate policy
new York Statements by US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell before Congress are troubling Wall Street. The Dow Jones index of standard values closed 1.7 percent lower on Tuesday at…
Air taxi pioneer wants to expand focus to Germany
Santa Cruz, New York A whirring sound is heard as the electric air taxi climbs into the air. It does a few laps before landing back at the hangar at…
Dirk Hoke to run air taxi company
Frankfurt, Dusseldorf The German air taxi start-up Volocopter from Karlsruhe is bringing a former Airbus manager to the top of the company. Dirk Hoke, former head of Airbus Defense &…
Lilium wants to simplify high-flyers significantly
Frankfurt The German air taxi company Lilium wants to simplify its planned electric VTOL aircraft. “By designing a slightly larger and more powerful engine, we will reduce the number of…
Fastest air taxi record from Joby Aviation
Electric aircraft, which have entered our lives with the development of technology, do not have enough advanced features yet. Joby Aviation company named, S4 named after electric air taxi announced…
These 20 tech trends will shape the year 2022
Near future Several innovative products and solutions will be launched in the current year. (Photo: Smetek) The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is considered the most important preview…
German companies are making up ground
Jet by Lilium (illustration) The air taxi should someday fly autonomously over cities like New York. (Photo: lilium) Munich Most of the inventions relating to air taxis still come from…
$ 100 million for air taxi from China
Munich, Düsseldorf A German investor makes the next huge deal in the hotly contested air taxi segment: Lukasz Gadowski and Team Global are investing 100 million dollars in the Chinese…
Japan attacks – with German help
Tokyo When the world exhibition begins in Osaka in four years’ time, several start-ups want to usher in the air taxi business – including the German company Volocopter. “The aim…
Lilium boss Wiegand is planning the first test flights in 14 months
Frankfurt, Düsseldorf Daniel Wiegand is used to criticism. The head of the air taxi company Lilium has been criticized for months. The IPO through the merger with an empty shell…
Deutscher sets global standard for operating system
Palo Alto Kitty Hawk’s building in Palo Alto is nondescript. The air taxi start-up didn’t even put up a company sign. But Lorenz Meier knows his way around the sensational…
Wall Street closes in the plus – some reassurance about Evergrande
Frankfurt, New York On Thursday, Wall Street investors were again willing to take risks. The most important stock indices increased their previous day’s profits significantly. One of the factors contributing…
Fed and corporate outlook provide a boost
Trader on the New York Stock Exchange Investors are using the latest price setbacks to re-enter. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, New York Encouraging statements from the US Federal Reserve and optimistic…
Do not write off flight taxes too quickly
Animation of the new seven-seater flying taxi from Lilium The German air taxi startup will in future be listed on the US technology exchange Nasdaq. (Photo: Lilium) Whenever things get…
Subdued debut on the stock market
Five-seater prototype from Lilium Lilium is only the third company from the new flight tax business area to venture onto the trading floor. (Photo: Reuters) Frankfurt, New York The German…