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Embraer: Long-term eVTOL Biz Case Hinges on Autonomy
The long-term viability of the eVTOL market will depend on the ability to adapt and certify the segment’s vehicles for autonomous flight.

The long-term viability of the eVTOL market will depend on the ability to adapt and certify the segment’s vehicles for autonomous flight, Embraer executives said last week during media briefings in Brazil. Discussing prospects for the eVTOL under development by Eve Urban Air Mobility, which is majority-owned by the aircraft manufacturer, Embraer engineering head Luis Carlos Affonso explaioned that a key benefit of advanced air mobility lies with the immunity from pilot shortages full flight autonomy would allow.