Akihabara News (Tokyo) \u2014 SkyDrive has received a conditional preorder for up to a hundred units of its forthcoming two-seater eVTOL to be used in the skies over Vietnam.<\/p>\n
The agreement with Pacific Group, a renewable energy and investment firm in Vietnam, involves a pre-order of ten of SkyDrive SD-05 vehicles along with a conditional preorder option of up to ninety more.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe urban streets in Vietnam,\u201d explained SkyDrive CEO Tomohiro Fukuzawa, \u201care crowded with motorcycles and automobiles\u2026 Considering the current social problem of traffic safety and greenhouse gas emissions\u2026 we would be happy to contribute to solving Vietnam\u2019s social issues by providing eVTOLs, a means of transportation using the sky, as part of the country\u2019s new transportation infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Le Ngoc Anh Minh, the executive president and founder of Pacific Group, added that \u201cwe can foresee the need for eVTOLs in big cities in Asia, such as Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi, in providing a new generation of transportation\u2026 Of course, we will have to work closely with SkyDrive and several authorities such as the Vietnam Transport Ministry, Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, and the Vietnam Ministry of Defence from time to time to explain and present the trends and technologies of eVTOL in order to get approvals.\u201d<\/p>\n
SkyDrive and Pacific Group have also agreed to work in cooperation on related issues such as vertiports, route and network planning, and other infrastructural requirements in Vietnam.<\/p>\n
The SkyDrive SD-05 is expected to be airworthy by early 2025.<\/p>\n
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