{"id":218808,"date":"2025-07-26T20:12:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/automaker-clears-major-hurdle-with-first-of-its-kind-flying-vehicle-the-road-to-aircraft-certification-is-broad-and-complex"},"modified":"2025-07-26T20:12:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T01:12:47","slug":"automaker-clears-major-hurdle-with-first-of-its-kind-flying-vehicle-the-road-to-aircraft-certification-is-broad-and-complex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/automaker-clears-major-hurdle-with-first-of-its-kind-flying-vehicle-the-road-to-aircraft-certification-is-broad-and-complex","title":{"rendered":"Automaker clears major hurdle with first-of-its-kind flying vehicle: \u2018The road to aircraft certification is broad and complex\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fq5bJSKIOIw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>SkyDrive, a Toyota-affiliated startup in Japan, has crossed a major hurdle on the path to bringing flying cars to everyday life.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/aircraft\/photos-skydrive-evtol-g1-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">New Atlas<\/a>, the company\u2019s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the three-seat \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/en.skydrive2020.com\/flyingcar\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">SkyDrive<\/a>,\u201d has officially been issued a G-1 certification basis by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau \u2014 a critical step toward full approval and commercial use.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe road to aircraft certification is broad and complex, particularly for new aircraft such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecooldown.com\/green-tech\/evtol-electric-flying-vehicles-future-of-transportation\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"43\" title=\"These electric flying vehicles showcase the future of transportation &mdash; see how close they are to mass production\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"\">eVTOLs<\/a>,\u201d the company <a href=\"https:\/\/newatlas.com\/aircraft\/photos-skydrive-evtol-g1-certification\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\">noted<\/a>, adding that this latest agreement \u201cprovides further clarity and direction.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SkyDrive, a Toyota-affiliated startup in Japan, has crossed a major hurdle on the path to bringing flying cars to everyday life. According to New Atlas, the company\u2019s electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, the three-seat \u201cSkyDrive,\u201d has officially been issued a G-1 certification basis by the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau \u2014 a critical step toward [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}