Flying car evtol news: Vertical Aerospace says it has secured a pre-delivery payment from Japanese trading and investment conglomerate Marubeni Corporation for 25 VX4 eVTOL aircraft, making the leasing group Vertical’s first customer in Asia to back its VX4 orders with a down payment.
In September 2021, Marubeni conditionally agreed to purchase up to 200 of the four-passenger eVTOL aircraft, which Vertical expects to deliver in 2025.
Vertical, a UK-based startup, plans to have the VX4 operating in Japan in time for the Osaka-Kansai World Expo in 2025, where the aircraft could provide air taxi services for attendees of the six-month-long event.
