2025: A Big Year for Electric Air Taxi Testing, But 2026 Will Be Bigger

eVTOL status check-1st's in 2026, 2nd's price +?

has published the below, excellent review of the progress of the leading eVTOL developers, citing all of the milestones that they have achieved in 2025. Also, Jack Daleo, the author, works through all of the regulatory actions taken by the White House, President Trump’s DoT Secretary and the FAA to facilitate the processing of the TC applications, mentioning both the  “Unleashing American Drone Dominance” program, and the eVTOL Integration Pilot…

2025: A Big Year for Electric Air Taxi Testing, But 2026 Will Be Bigger

The FAA in October 2024 published a special federal aviation regulation (SFAR) with seismic implications for the aviation industry—a framework for the early integration of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. As 2026 begins, these new entrants, capable of both vertical lift and wingborne flight, may be months or even weeks away from flying in a city near you. Electric air taxi manufacturers Joby Aviation, Archer Aviation, and …