Eve Finishes Hover Test Campaign and Moves Toward Transition Flights

Overview

• Eve disclosed Thursday that it completed 59 hovering and low-speed test flights totaling 2 hours, 27 minutes and 33 seconds with a maximum continuous hover of 3 minutes 48 seconds and a peak altitude of 215 feet.
• The campaign validated control systems and thermal behavior, included maneuvers on four control axes, and featured first automatic-landing demonstrations while propulsion and battery efficiency outperformed initial projections.
• The company plans a short period of static ground tests in the coming weeks and says transition (vertical-to-horizontal) flight trials are scheduled for the second half of 2026 as the next step toward certification.
• Eve reports about 2,900–3,000 orders for its five-seat, roughly 100 km-range eVTOL, plans production in São Paulo/Taubaté, and continues commercial planning with Revo on Brazilian routes and a partnership for San Francisco with United Airlines.
• Key hurdles remain regulatory approval, proving lifter-to-pusher synchronization in transition and cruise envelopes, building vertiport and turnaround infrastructure, and demonstrating high aircraft utilization against competition such as Joby.