![]() ![]() Marcos Frommer, manager of corporate communications at HMC, explained during the press briefing that all-electric eVTOLs have a very short range due to the battery capacity per mass, which means most use cases for these new vehicles will be limited to short-distance flights, such as intercity transportation and shuttle flights. The company first announced its intentions to develop technologies in this space during a press conference in April, in which HMC also stated its goals to sell 100% EVs by 2050. ![]() While most of the eVTOLs being developed around the world are all-electric, HMC aims to “leverage its electrification technologies and develop a Honda eVTOL equipped with a gas turbine hybrid power unit,” according to a statement from the company. As a result, eVTOLs are generally expected to be safer, quieter and cleaner. ![]() The difference between an eVTOL and a helicopter is mainly that the former has multiple propellers, each of which have an independent motor driven by electricity from a battery, whereas the latter has one large, and loud, rotor at the top.
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