India’s Blade signs deal for about 200 electric planes from Embraer’s Eve

SAOO PAULO:

Brazil’s Eve Holding Inc said on Tuesday that Blade India has signed a purchase order for up to 200 of its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOLs), allowing it to expand its urban air mobility ecosystem in the Asian country.

A joint venture between Hunch Ventures and Blade Air Mobility, Blade India will also partner with Eve — which is controlled by aircraft maker Embraer SA — on a three-month pilot project connecting passengers to helicopters, the company said in a statement.

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