SkyDrive

Japanese eVTOL company started by Cartivator. Producing manned multirotor designes with a targeted launch date of 2023.

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Toyota-based SkyDrive aims Japanese flying car at daily driving masses

SkyDrive has long taken a leadership role in Japan's eVTOL industry with sights on making flying cars as common as automobiles. This week, it released the first photos of its soon-to-debut three-seater after taking the next step toward certification.
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SkyDrive reveals new urban eVTOL air taxi and Suzuki production deal

Last year, Tokyo-based SkyDrive announced plans to launch an eVTOL taxi service at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan. Now the company is at the Paris Air Show to reveal design and specs changes and a production deal.
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SkyDrive looks to fly into air taxi territory with two-seat SD-05 eVTOL

With plans to introduce an air taxi service at the World Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, SkyDrive has announced that lessons learned from the development of its sporty SD-03 single-seat prototype have informed the design of a new two-seater SD-05 eVTOL.
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Suzuki joins SkyDrive's push to build an eVTOL flying car by 2025

Japanese eVTOL company SkyDrive has announced it's going into partnership with Suzuki, as it works toward the development and full-scale production of a "compact, two-seating electric-powered flying car," which it hopes to debut at the Osaka World Expo in 2025.
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SkyDrive's SD-03 single-seat eVTOL aces first public test flight

After taking to the air in April on what was billed Japan's first manned multirotor test flight, Tokyo-based SkyDrive has now revealed that its new slicker SD-03 model made its first public demonstration flight earlier this week.
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SkyDrive claims Japan's first manned multirotor flight

Japan's SkyDrive has completed four months of manned eVTOL flights and, with a new CTO on board, says it's on track for an eVTOL product launch in 2023.