Eve 100 eVTOL Demonstrator Makes Partial Transition Flight

Eve 100 Demonstrator Makes Partial Transition Flight

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Eve prototype hovering above runway — During a recent test flight from Eve’s Gavião Peixoto headquarters, the remotely-piloted technology demonstrator engaged its rear pusher propeller in flight for the first time. © Eve Air Mobility

August 5, 2026

Eve Air Mobility has achieved what it terms the “first partial transition flight of its engineering prototype,” marking the start of a campaign it says is on track to achieve a full-speed forward transition with its eVTOL aircraft by the end of the year. According to the company, the test flights will help determine the final configuration of a conforming prototype for the four-passenger Eve 100 model, which, following a design freeze by year-end, it aims to assemble and fly in the second half of 2027.

The partial transition flight, announced on August 3, involved the uncrewed aircraft activating its rear pusher propeller. During the approximately three minute flight, conducted at Eve’s headquarters in Brazil’s Gavião Peixoto, the prototype achieved around 30 knots. Eve explained it intends to progressively expand the airspeed envelope over the coming weeks, ultimately reaching around 90 knots for a ‘full transition’ by the end of the year. During the company’s earnings call on August 4, Eve Air Mobility CEO Johann Bordais suggested this could take some 30 more flights.

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