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SkyDrive and Suzuki Establish eVTOL Aircraft Manufacturing Subsidiary
The partners are targeting the start of series production for the three-seat, short-range aircraft of 100 units per year.
Sky Works eVTOL aircraft factory in Iwata City, Japan
Sky Works, the new eVTOL aircraft manufacturing joint venture between SkyDrive and Suzuki, will start production at a factory in Iwata City, Japan. (Image: SkyDrive)

Japan’s SkyDrive this week confirmed more details about its plan to start series production of its three-seat SD-05 eVTOL aircraft. The start-up announced it has established a subsidiary production company called Sky Works in partnership with Suzuki Motor Corporation, which is providing capacity at its factory in Iwata City to assemble the aircraft at an initial rate of 100 units per year.

The new company was established on September 1, with SkyDrive’s chief technology officer Nobuo Kishi appointed as its president. The move builds on the partnership announced with Suzuki at the Paris Air Show in June.

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