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Cadillac Celestiq
Founded in the USA on 22 August 1902, Cadillac Motor Car Division, a Division General Motors Company (GM) , revealed their first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) concept aircraft design specifically made for Urban Air Mobility (UAM), at the all-virtual Consumer Electronics Show 2021 (CES 2021) which is normally held in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. The CES 2021 conference was completely virtual, due to the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic
GM stated this is their first attempt at designing a concept electric aircraft and are looking towards the future by making easy-to-use on-demand personal luxury autonomous ground and air transportation for urban mobility, for the discerning consumer. The company calls their on-demand autonomous ground vehicles and eVTOL aircraft their multimodal future. As of January 2021, Cadillac has not officially named their eVTOL aircraft yet because Cadillac is referring to their eVTOL concept design as either "Cadillac VTOL" or "Cadillac Vertical Take-Off and Landing".
Cadillac's eVTOL concept design aircraft is a one passenger spacious luxury aircraft and has a unique look because its fuselage is vertical instead of the more typical horizontal fuselage design used by most aircraft designers. Cadillac's design has a large front window allowing spectacular views for the passenger and on the inside, the company has intimated the interior would be luxurious. There are four propellers on two levels of the aircraft, which again, give the aircraft another unique look. The two front propellers are placed at the bottom front edge of the fuselage and the rear two propellers are located at the top rear edge of the fuselage.
GM is touting their new Ultium batteries that have a high nickel and low cobalt content, which the company states require less wiring than small cylindrical battery packs. The Cadillac VTOL craft would be powered with a 90kW Ultium battery allowing the aircraft to travel to and from urban vertiports with an estimated maximum speed of 56 mph (90 km/h).
Obviously this is something that won't be available for a long time, at least in the US, but we thought it was pretty cool and worth sharing. Good luck Cadillac!
