Osaka studies whether emergency rooftops can support everyday eVTOLs
SkyDrive and local partners are examining existing rooftops as potential alternate landing sites.
The future of movement / 2026
The next
lane is up.
Flying cars are moving beyond the concept. Meet the aircraft, follow the breakthroughs, and see what still stands between a test flight and your first ride.
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A new kind of lift.Joby aircraft during NASA research, March 2025.
Photo: NASA / Genaro Vavuris.
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100Original news &
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The briefing
What’s moving the field.
Doroni brings TLG Aerospace into the H1-X engineering program
The partnership focuses on structural, aerodynamic and flight-mechanics work ahead of later milestones.
Vertical opens an assembly center for the aircraft after VX4
The Cotswold facility is intended to build certification aircraft and support Valo’s early production.
The reality check
Flying is one milestone.
Everyday flight is another.
Some personal aircraft have reached customers. Many air taxis are still working toward approval. Our guide puts the different paths in perspective.
Explore the state of the field01
Roadable aircraftA vehicle designed for both road and sky.
02
Electric air taxisAircraft built around a transport service.
03
Personal eVTOLsA smaller, often single-seat route to flight.
The aircraft directory
Different paths. Same sky.
Roadable aircraftSV / 01
PAL-V Liberty
PAL-V · Netherlands
A three-wheel road vehicle that unfolds into a gyroplane and uses an airstrip.
Program statusCertification / industrialization
Air taxiSV / 02
Joby S4
Joby Aviation · United States
A piloted electric air taxi built around vertical takeoff and efficient wing-borne cruise.
Program statusCertification testing
Air taxiSV / 03
Volocopter VoloCity
Volocopter Technologies / Diamond Aircraft group · Germany
A short-hop German multicopter continuing development after insolvency and a Diamond-backed reorganization.
Program statusRestructured company; certification development
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Understand deliveries, reservations, prototypes, and regional operating limits.
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Put capacity, power, published performance, and availability side by side.
Open aircraft comparisonSpeak the language of flight.
Get comfortable with eVTOL, transition, type certification, and vertiports.
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