Eve has reported its fourth quarter and fiscal year 2022 earnings results, with an update on the number of aircraft orders to date.
The company said the order backlog includes non-binding LOIs (Letter of Intent) for 2,770 aircraft, from 26 different customers spread over 12 countries and different markets.
“We believe this preliminary pipeline offers strong long-term revenue visibility and will help Eve to smooth cash-flow consumption in the years to come as we start to convert the existing letters of intention into firm orders and collect pre-delivery payments (PDP),” the company said.
Particularly eventful 2022
Its earnings results report added: “The year of 2022 was particularly eventful for Eve as we accomplished several milestones on our journey to shape the global Urban Air Mobility (UAM) ecosystem, listed the company in the public market, and brought several new partners to our project.
“Eve is the first company to graduate from EmbraerX – after having unveiled our first eVTOL (electric Vertical Take Off and Landing) solution in May 2018. As a separate company, Eve now has the resources, agility and autonomy to continue pursuing innovations to be a protagonist in the UAM market.”
Eve has initiated the certification process of its eVTOL with Brazil’s aviation authority – ANAC, and expects the validation process for the Type Certification (TC) in Brazil to be followed by the FAA (United States Federal Aviation Authority) targeting a dual certification and entry into services in 2026.
Global certification
In parallel, Eve is in discussions with EASA in Europe and other certification authorities.
“We believe this combination puts Eve on a clear path to global certification, particularly when combined with our expertise in certification, simple design solutions and undivided attention from the Brazilian authorities,” the company said.
“We continued to conduct simulations with conventional helicopters to test potential applications and use cases of our eVTOL in real urban areas – the most recent ones were a pilot project operated by Blade India with four daily flights from the Bangalore international airport to the city’s business center as well as two weeks of flight simulations in Chicago with the participation of multiple partners including airlines, rotorcraft operators, infrastructure companies and local authorities.
“After a similar simulation in Rio de Janeiro, we continue to gather market intelligence that will be critical for the proper design of the UAM ecosystem and necessary infrastructure to help scale the business globally and offer a safe and comfortable passenger experience.
“Additionally, we are advancing in the selection of the industrial and development partners of critical technologies and components such as battery, propulsion, avionics, manufacturing, among others that we expect to conclude throughout this year.
Some of our partners are also investors in Eve, which provides strong alignment with our interests to develop the UAM market and our aircraft. Moreover, they bring strategic know-how to support the development of specific components of our aircraft and our suite of products and services for UAM.”
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