WhichEV.Net
  • Buying Advice
  • EV Answers
  • Features
  • News
    • All
    • Charging
    • Commercial Vehicles
    • Consumer Vehicles
    • Cool Car Tech
    • Curiosities
    • Design
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Industry
    • Legal
    • Market
    • Motorsport
    • Public Sector
    • Records
    • Rumours
    • Safety
    • Sharing

    July LCV market down, despite increasing demand for electric vehicles

    MG Motor UK reveals pricing and specifications of striking new MG4 EV

    Royal Mail adds 2,000 Peugeot vans to its electric fleet

    EVs continue to buck trend as new car registrations remain down amid supply issues

    Electric car sales already higher in 2022 than whole of 2020

    Volvo clocks in 96% global growth year-on-year in all-electric sales

    Trending Tags

  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
WhichEV.Net
  • Buying Advice
  • EV Answers
  • Features
  • News
    • All
    • Charging
    • Commercial Vehicles
    • Consumer Vehicles
    • Cool Car Tech
    • Curiosities
    • Design
    • Energy
    • Environment
    • Industry
    • Legal
    • Market
    • Motorsport
    • Public Sector
    • Records
    • Rumours
    • Safety
    • Sharing

    July LCV market down, despite increasing demand for electric vehicles

    MG Motor UK reveals pricing and specifications of striking new MG4 EV

    Royal Mail adds 2,000 Peugeot vans to its electric fleet

    EVs continue to buck trend as new car registrations remain down amid supply issues

    Electric car sales already higher in 2022 than whole of 2020

    Volvo clocks in 96% global growth year-on-year in all-electric sales

    Trending Tags

  • Reviews
No Result
View All Result
WhichEV.Net
No Result
View All Result
Home News Cool Car Tech

Airspeeder electric flying racing car takes to the sky

Gian Matteo Sacchetti by Gian Matteo Sacchetti
8th February 2021
in Cool Car Tech, Motorsport, News
Reading Time: 2 mins read
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Alauda has unveiled the world’s first fully functioning flying electric racing car, the Airspeeder Mk3.

The Mk3 is a full-sized remotely operated electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle that will compete in an upcoming remotely piloted Airspeeder racing series that will stand as a technical testbed and feeder series to a manned racing series in 2022.

The MK3 powertrain represents a significant upgrade on the Mk2 proof of concept vehicle, with power increased by 95% with only a 50% increase in weight that will allow the vehicle to reach a speed of over 120 km/h.

A full grid of Mk3 electric flying race-craft is currently being manufactured at Airspeeder and Alauda’s technical HQ in Adelaide, South Australia. More than 10 identical racing vehicles will be produced and supplied to teams in 2021.

The Airspeeder Mk3 will first take part in behind-closed-doors pre-season tests in Australia before the start of an international racing calendar.

In a similar way to what happens in the car racing world, this competition will also play a vital role in hastening the arrival of eVTOL technologies, which promise to revolutionise urban passenger mobility, logistics and even remote medical transport.

Both the remotely piloted Mk3 programme and manned Airspeeder Mk4 flying cars will provide a safe environment from where key innovations around safety, noise and batteries can be refined and fed into the wider development of an industry predicted by Morgan Stanley to be worth $1.5 trillion by 2050.

The aircraft will have an impressive array of safety features such as LiDAR and Radar collision avoidance systems that create a ‘virtual forcefield’ around the craft to ensure close but ultimately safe racing. Also, the Mk3 will be equipped with a carbon fibre frame and fuselage chosen for its strength, stiffness and lightweight properties, which ensures manoeuvrability, performance and efficiency. Ultimately, it will add a vital mechanical layer of safety.

The Mk3 speeders are laid out in an ‘octocopter X formation’. This provides significant advantages to pilots in terms of manoeuvrability and stability. When racing the pilot will be able to make the same sharp hairpin style turns as a Formula 1 car but with the added third dimension of being able to move vertically.

The company knows that its product will be a game changer for the future of transportation, according to Matthew Pearson, Founder, Airspeeder and Alauda Aeronautics

“The unveiling of the world’s first full-sized electric flying racing car is a landmark moment in the dawn of a new mobility revolution,” he said. “It is competition that drives progress, and our racing series is hastening the arrival of technology that will transform clean-air passenger transport, logistics and even advanced air mobility for

Tags: Airspeeder
Previous Post

VW opens first battery recycling plant as Dresden factory starts making ID.3

Next Post

UK EV market continues healthy growth in January

Gian Matteo Sacchetti

Gian Matteo Sacchetti

Experienced journalist with a love of electric vehicles. Presently working on an extensive project studying the decay process of lithium-ion batteries and the options available to give them a second life.

Related Posts

July LCV market down, despite increasing demand for electric vehicles

8th August 2022

MG Motor UK reveals pricing and specifications of striking new MG4 EV

8th August 2022

Royal Mail adds 2,000 Peugeot vans to its electric fleet

5th August 2022

EVs continue to buck trend as new car registrations remain down amid supply issues

5th August 2022
Next Post
A young woman buys a car in a car showroom. A man signs a car rental agreement.

UK EV market continues healthy growth in January

Discussion about this post

Review Finder

Latest News

July LCV market down, despite increasing demand for electric vehicles

8th August 2022

Installing a home charger for your EV

8th August 2022

MG Motor UK reveals pricing and specifications of striking new MG4 EV

8th August 2022

Trending

  • Elon Musk announces Tesla will switch to hydrogen in 2024

    4547 shares
    Share 1819 Tweet 1137
  • Was Nikola Trucks the biggest scam yet in electric vehicles?

    1726 shares
    Share 690 Tweet 432
  • Future electric cars: Best upcoming electric cars, SUVs and pickup trucks – 2021 UPDATE!

    1349 shares
    Share 556 Tweet 331
  • How to turn your favourite classic car into an EV

    1266 shares
    Share 523 Tweet 310
  • Which is the best electric truck for your business?

    1149 shares
    Share 460 Tweet 287
  • About
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Contact the WhichEV team today

© 2022 WhichEV. Limited - All of the independent news and expert reviews you need in one publication.

No Result
View All Result
  • Buying Advice
  • EV Answers
  • Features
  • News
  • Reviews

© 2022 WhichEV. Limited - All of the independent news and expert reviews you need in one publication.

This website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.