Aircraft
Eve Makes First Flight With eVTOL Aircraft Prototype
The Embraer-owned start-up aims to bring the four-seater to market in 2027
Eve engineering prototype for the Eve-100 eVTOL aircraft
On December 19, Eve achieved a first hover flight with an engineering prototype for its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. © Eve Air Mobility

Eve Air Mobility has flown a full-scale engineering prototype of its four-passenger eVTOL aircraft. The uncrewed hover flight happened on Friday morning at the Brazilian company’s test facility at Gavião Peixoto in São Paulo state.

Tests flights will continue throughout 2026, with Eve gradually expanding the flight envelope to full wingborne operations. By the end of next year, the company expects to build six fully conforming prototypes as it works towards type certification of the Eve-100 model with Brazil’s ANAC agency in 2027.