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Eve Air Mobility Eve (prototype)

Eve prototype eVTOL aircraft

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Eve (prototype)
Eve Air Mobility, LLC
Melbourne, Florida, USA
www.eveairmobility.com

Founded in October 2020, Eve Air Mobility is in the business of designing electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL) passenger aircraft and are developing an entire Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem. The company is located in Melborne, Florida, USA and in São Paulo, Brazil. The company is making both civilian and military eVTOL passenger aircraft. 

Eve Air Mobility is a subsidiary of Embraer. Over the last five decades (as of 2018), Embraer has designed, developed and certified close to 50 aircraft models, delivering over 8,000 aircraft to 100 countries. Embraer’s fleet has accumulated more than 50 million flight hours. Embraer was founded in 1969 and its main headquarters are based in São Paulo, Brazil. EmbraerX is the disruptive innovation subsidiary of the Embraer Group, is based in the USA and is the business group in charge of developing their eVTOL aircraft for Urban Air Mobility (UAM).

Eve eVTOL prototype aircraft
The Eve prototype is an uncrewed eVTOL prototype aircraft. The first prototype is remotely controlled and does not carry any passengers. The prototype is matte black in color and is a full-scale prototype according to the company's website. The company states they are not only making the prototype but the entire ecosystem to provide a safe and better experience for everyone.

The company plans to build a total of six prototypes. Each prototype will include the same quality materials and avionics as the planned commercial versions of the aircraft. All prototypes will be placed through rigorous testing, including flight test campaigns. On July 21, 2024, Eve Air Mobility announced the full-scale prototype was being built at the Embraer test facility of Gaviao Peixoto in São Paulo, Brazil, at the 45th Farnborough Airshow in the United Kingdom. 

No flight specifications have been revealed by the company as of September 2025. However, we do know the aircraft is remotely controlled and carries no passengers. There are eight VTOL-only propellers, one pusher propeller, has ten electric motors and is powered by batteries. The pusher propeller is powered by two electric motors. The aircraft has one high main wing, one U tail and has fixed skid landing gear. The fuselage is made from carbon fiber composite to give the aircraft a high strength to low weight ratio.

It is important to remember that all concept design aircraft specifications are estimated and can or will change as prototypes and production models are made, tested and flown with real world avionics, components and payloads.

The company has around 1,000 people as of June 2024. Eve has stated they have letters of intent for nearly 3,000 eVTOLs and the aircraft is expected to be certified in 2026 or 2027. The production facility is located in Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil and will be capabile of manufacturing up to 480 aircraft each year.

Specifications:

  • Aircraft type: Full scale eVTOL prototype aircraft
  • Piloting: Remotely operated
  • Capacity: No passengers
  • Cruise speed: Unknown
  • Propellers: 8 VTOL-only propellers, 1 pusher propeller
  • Electric motors: 10 electric motors (2 electric motors are used for the pusher propeller)
  • Power source: Batteries
  • Fuselage: Carbon fiber composite
  • Wings: 1 high main wing
  • Tail: 1 U tail
  • Landing gear: Fixed skid landing gear
  • Safety features: Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP) uses multiple propellers or electric ducted fans, each powered by electric motors, to increase safety through redundancy. If one or more components fail, the remaining ones can still ensure a safe landing. There are also redundancies of critical components in the sub-systems of the aircraft providing safety through redundancy. Having multiple redundant systems on any aircraft decreases having any single point of failure. The aircraft has no moving surfaces or tilting parts when transitioning from vertical to forward flight and the reverse which increases safety by reducing complexity.

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