Akihabara News (Tokyo) — Bartini, an overseas developer of an eVTOL (flying car) model, has reached an agreement by which Tokyo-based AirMobility will become its exclusive distributor in the Japan market.
Bartini CEO Ilya Khanykov commented, “We at Bartini are very pleased to conclude a distributor agreement with AirMobility in Japan, one of our important markets. We know that Japan values the environment, community, safety, high quality innovation, and aesthetics, and we believe that the flying car we have developed will definitely meet that need.”
Bartini’s corporate headquarters are in Delaware, but its main R&D center is in the suburbs of Moscow. It boasts that it is “based on traditional former Soviet aviation technology.”
Bartini’s eVTOL models aim for high energy efficiency, redundancy, and space-saving utilization. They are being equipped with hybrid engines using batteries and hydrogen fuel.
Bartini expects that its flying cars will be able to achieve a cruising range of up to about four times that of most battery-powered eVTOL, with a top cruising speed around 300 kilometers per hour.
Cabin comfort is another key focus of the Bartini designs.
AirMobility was established in Tokyo in 2019 with the aim of developing eVTOL-related sales and infrastructure, building and providing related services, and the introduction of eVTOLs models into the Japanese market that have been developed overseas.
In January, AirMobility established a cooperation agreement with Terra Drone related to eVTOL services, though few details have been released.
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