Vertical Aerospace (EVTL) announced it is developing a hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and landing variant of its VX4 aircraft, expanding range and payload capabilities to unlock new market opportunities within the already sizable $1T total addressable urban air mobility market. Vertical’s hybrid-electric strategy builds on its all-electric VX4 and Flightpath 2030 strategy, enabling new potential applications in defence, logistics and commercial sectors including air ambulance services, which require longer range and higher payload than current eVTOL platforms can deliver. Vertical’s second-generation hybrid-propulsion system, which has been in development for 18 months at the Vertical Energy Centre, will be retrofitted into one of the company’s VX4 full scale prototypes and is expected to commence flight testing in Q2 2026.
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