Sustainability and Environment
Decarbonization Imperative Driving Future Aviation Technology
As the eVTOL sector consolidates for lack of funding, innovation remains diversified
Aura Aero Electric Regional Airliner
French start-up Aura Aero is developing a 19-passenger Electric Regional Airliner, which will have hybrid- rather than all-electric propulsion.

Germany has been in the running to be the advanced air mobility (AAM) hub of Europe, but these ambitions have been dented by the recent collapse of eVTOL aircraft developer Lilium and its near neighbor Volocopter struggling to stay afloat.

Now the epicenter of this world seems to be firmly in Silicon Valley, where companies like Joby and Archer are sitting on $1 billion-plus in funding while too many European companies find themselves passing around the begging bowl for far smaller amounts.