Ukunikezelwa kwegcisa le-Vertical eVTOL ebhabha ngaphezulu kweLondon.Indawo ethe nkqo Ngaphandle koko Ukuphulukana nokukhanya kwayo kwabanye abatyali mali, izivumelwano zeSPAC zisashushu phakathi kokuqalisa kweemoto eziphaphazelayo. Okokugqibela kumdlalo wokujoyina yi-UK. I-eVTOL Umenzi weeAerospace ezithe nkqo. Inkampani eneminyaka emihlanu ubudala, e-Bristol, ibhengeze uLwesine ukuba iceba ukuya esidlangalaleni ngokudibana ne-NYSE-edweliswe kwi-SPAC Broadstone Acquisition Corp. kwisiqingatha sesibini sowe-2021.
Ubume buya kudweliswa kwiNew York Stock Exchange phantsi kwetikiti le-EVTL. Ukudityaniswa okungafaniyo kuxabisa i-2.2 yezigidigidi zeedola.
Njengazo zonke iinkampani ze-eVTOL kwintengiso ngoku, i-Vertical ayinayo imveliso esebenzayo okwangoku. Nangona kunjalo, inkampani ithe sele ikhusele i-odolo ezixabisa i-4 yezigidigidi zeedola kubathengi abaphambili beenqwelomoya, kubandakanya neAmerican Airlines kunye neVirgin Atlantic.
I-American Airlines ibeke i-odolo enemiqathango ukuya kuthi ga kwi-250 ye-Vertical's prototype aircraft kwi-4 yezigidi zeedola nganye ukuseka uthungelwano lwenqwelomoya yombane kwi-US Virgin Atlantic ibeke i-odolo yeenqwelo moya eziyi-150 zenethiwekhi efanayo e-UK Vertical's enkulu yokwazisa umthengi ukuza kuthi ga ngoku yinkampani yokuqeshisa iinqwelomoya e-Avolon, ethe ya-odola kwangaphambili ii-eVTOL ezingama-500.
Imodeli entsha ethe nkqo ibizwa ngokuba yi-VA-X4. Yenzelwe ukuthwala abakhweli abane kunye nomqhubi wenqwelomoya malunga neekhilomitha ezili-100 kwityala ngalinye ngesantya esiphezulu esingaphezulu kweemayile ezingama-200 ngeyure. Izicwangciso ezithe nkqo zokuvavanya ukubhabha i-VA-X4 kamva kulo nyaka kwaye zifumane isatifikethi senqwelomoya kwangoko ngo-2024.
Eli lelona xesha linomdla kwezokubhabha ngenqwelomoya phantse ikhulu leminyaka, uMseki oQondileyo uStephen Fitzpatrick utshilo ngoLwesine. Ukufakelwa kombane kuya kuguqula ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya ngenkulungwane yama-21 ngendlela efanayo eyenziweyo ngenjini yejet kwiminyaka engama-70 eyadlulayo. Isibhengezo sanamhlanje sidibanisa ezona teknoloji zikhulu nezaziwayo kwezamashishini e-aeronautical kwihlabathi, kwaye xa sidibene singafezekisa injongo yethu yokwenza i-VA-X4 ibe yinqwelomoya yokuqala eyi-zero-carbon abantu abaninzi abaza kubhabha kuyo.
I-CEO yeVirgin Atlantic u-Shai Weiss uthe i-airline izakuqala isebenzise ii-eVTOL kuhambo olufutshane phakathi kweedolophu neehabhu zesikhululo seenqwelomoya. Ixesha lokuhamba ukusuka eCambridge ukuya kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya iLondon Heathrow, umzekelo, liya kuncitshiswa ukusuka kwimizuzu engama-90 ngemoto ukuya kwimizuzu engama-20 ngomoya.
I-Vertical ixhaswa luhlu lwabatyalomali abanamandla benkampani, kubandakanya iHoneywell, iRolls-Royce kunye neNgxowa-mali yelinge ye-M12.
