The Future of Mobility

A NEW FORM OF TRANSPORTATION IS EMERGING
For more than a century, mobility has developed primarily across roads, rail and conventional aviation. Advances in aircraft technology, autonomy, energy systems and digital infrastructure are making a new generation of regional air mobility commercially possible: Smaller electric and hybrid-electric aircrafts designed to connect cities, regions and locations that are poorly served by traditional transport. It is not a single product category - it is a new layer of transportation forming below 1000 meters between congested roads and traditional aviation.
 
WHY NOW
Five structural shifts are making this new mobility layer inevitable: Demographic change. People increasingly live, work and travel across regions; mobility needs to become flexible and decentralized.
Infrastructure bottlenecks. Roads, rail and hub airports cannot scale fast enough to meet demand. The energy transition. Transport must become cleaner without losing speed, reach or comfort. Public safety & resilience. Governments need faster response capability for emergencies, rescue and civil protection.
Data as infrastructure. Modern transportation vehicles must generate continuous operational data to enable a smarter, safer and more efficient infrastructure for us all.
 
WHAT HYBRID-ELECTRIC FLIGHT MAKES POSSIBLE
The so-called HeV/STOL aircraft combines electric propulsion with a hybrid power system and enables vertical take-off and landing as well as take-off and landing on a short runway. This combination enables point-to-point or seamless travel of up to 1500 kilometers at cruise speeds around 570 km/h. The hybrid propulsion extends both range and payload without depending on dense charging infrastructure along the way.
 
BUILDING MORE THAN AN AIRCRAFT
Advanced Air Mobility creates an opportunity broader than aviation hardware alone. 
The future of air mobility will not be defined by a single vehicle. It requires an interconnected system of aircraft, propulsion, energy, infrastructure, software, traffic management and critical technology suppliers. Landing and starting pads (so-called vertiports), integrated air traffic management, automated flight operations, certification pathways and secure digital infrastructure are becoming as important as the aircraft themselves.
We invest across this value chain and focus on businesses solving fundamental challenges within the emerging low-altitude aviation economy.