SkyDrive Enters Strategic Alliance with U.S.-based Volatus Infrastructure

Toward building infrastructure facilities for flying vehicles

SkyDrive and Volatus have agreed to form a strategic alliance to support both companies’ business development and market expansion goals.

Volatus is a company that primarily develops infrastructure facilities such as takeoff and landing sites and heavy electrical ports, known as vertiports¹, which are essential for the widespread use of flying vehicles.

SkyDrive is considering utilizing the vertiports and charging stations provided by Volatus in the U.S. as part of the infrastructure essential for the operation of flying cars. SkyDrive plans to cooperate with Volatus in the future so that its aircraft will be able to take off and land when Volatus provides vertiports and charging stations in the Japanese market. The two companies will continue to collaborate toward the common goal of social implementation of flying cars.

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Tomohiro Fukuzawa, CEO, SkyDrive Corporation

Volatus plans to build permanent vertiports in Wisconsin and many other states in the U.S., and SkyDrive is considering utilizing its vertiports. We are confident that the collaboration between the two companies will facilitate activities to promote air mobility.

Grant Fisk, Co-Founder, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC

The alliance with SkyDrive is a major step forward for the global eVTOL industry. By working together, we can provide society with the best eVTOL services and help this new form of mobility spread more quickly. SkyDrive is also involved in logistics drones, which we believe will play an important role in the creation of our cargo hub.

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What is (1) Vertiport?

The word “vertical” is a combination of the words “vertical” and “airport” and refers to a dedicated takeoff and landing area for aircraft capable of vertical takeoffs and landings. Like a helicopter helipad, it is a general term for an area specially designed for AAM aircraft² to take off and land.

What is AAM?

Stands for Advanced Air Mobility, meaning a safe, affordable, automated air transportation system for passengers and cargo in urban and rural areas in the next generation of air mobility.
NASA is working nationally to usher in a new era of air travel called “Advanced Air Mobility” (AAM).

Source: NASA

About SkyDrive Corporation
SkyDrive was established in July 2018, and aims to realize “truly free mobility” without the need for infrastructure, and to “create an era in which everyone can fly freely in 2050”.
With the vision of “a future where the sky is used for daily transportation,” we are partnering with other companies to promote a common vision of a future where people can use the sky while promoting the development of flying cars and cargo drones. Skydrive is the only company in Japan to have successfully completed a test flight, and as part of this partnership, we are currently involved in the design of a system for future air transportation.
Currently, cargo drones, which can carry up to 30 kg, are in use at work sites in mountainous areas. Skydrive aims to launch a flying car service in the Osaka Bay area within 20 years and in 2025.

Head Office｜Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture

Website｜https://en.skydrive2020.com/

About Volatus Infrastructure, LLC
Founded in 2021, Volatus Infrastructure, LLC provides society with best-in-class eVTOL³ infrastructure technology to connect communities to the future.

Volatus offers three primary services:

eVTOL Infrastructure Design
Vehicle Independent Charging Stations
Apps and Maintenance Programs
Positive impact on customers and society by incorporating the latest technology while customizing it to meet specific needs.

Headquartered in Neenah, Wisconsin

Website: https: //volatusllc.com/

What is eVTOL?

It stands for Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing and refers to an aircraft capable of vertical take-off and landing. It does not require a runway. From an environmental standpoint, it eliminates 25% of the aircraft emissions generated during takeoff and landing and reduces the number of aircraft accidents and fatalities that occur on the runway.

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