A Embraer performed a demonstration flight of the eVTOL, a prototype “flying car”, this Wednesday (25), during the
O President Lula followed the flight, which took place in track of Embraer in Gavião Peixotointerior of SP.
The aerial vehicle, aimed at urban air mobility, is developed by Eve Air Mobility, a subsidiary company of Embraer, with financing of R$1.2 billion from BNDES.
The flying car will have capacity for 5 people, 4 passengers and the pilot, and space for With eight electric elevator motors (lifters) on the wings and one engine at the rear, it can perform vertical and horizontal flights. Its range is 100 km.
The eVTOL completed an unmanned flight for the first time and the testing program will continue throughout 2026. It is expected to be ready to take off by 2027.
Eve Air Mobility will set up the flying car production unit in Taubaté, in the interior of São Paulo.
The company has already received more than 2,900 reservation requests from 30 customers in 13 countries, representing a potential of US$14.5 billion in revenue. The expectation is to produce up to
