Skai is Uniquely Designed to Change the Way the World Moves
Contacts
John Moore
Press@alakai.com
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HOPKINTON, Mass.-Thursday 30 May 2019 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Today, Alaka’i Technologies unveiled Skai, the world’s first hydrogen
fuel cell powered air mobility solution designed to transform the way
the world moves. From its sleek, uncluttered design, radically simple
and safe electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle, to its
fuel source - a system that runs entirely on hydrogen fuel cells - Skai
is poised to be one of the safest, cleanest and most versatile air
mobility solutions introduced to the world.
Skai’s core
team members are nationally-recognized aerospace experts, engineers, and
veteran pilots who have served in top-level positions at NASA,
Raytheon, Beech, Cirrus, DayJet, and the Department of Defense who
collaborated on the vision of solving some of the world’s most-pressing
global challenges across transportation, energy and the
environment. Skai is co-designed by Designworks, the design innovation
studio for the BMW Group, to leverage its creative expertise to help
shape a world-class vehicle. The result is Skai, stripped away of all
unnecessary complexity, waste and possible points of failure, leaving
the most essential elements for the craft and optimizing them for the
most intuitive experience.
“This
remarkably impressive team have come together to build on our collective
experience to finally realize our singular, critical vision to launch
Skai and transform transportation,” said Brian Morrison, Co-Founder,
President and Chief Technology Officer of Alaka’i Technologies. “Skai
offers practical, real-life solutions to everything from relieving
traffic congestion to delivering supplies during natural disasters. Skai
is set to offer affordable, realistic applications in the commercial,
private, freight, and personal air mobility markets.”
The heart of
Skai, and one of its most revolutionary features, is the use of hydrogen
fuel cells, a clean environmental solution from end to end. With the
advantage of being 95% reusable and the remaining (99%) recyclable,
Skai’s hydrogen fuel cells offer reliable, safe and environmentally
clean emission comprised solely of heat and water. This is a stark
alternative to traditional fuel and battery sources. Hydrogen fuel cells
allow Skai to travel further distances and carry a greater payload.
“Air mobility
is a very exciting and fascinating topic,” said Holger Hampf, President
of Designworks. “Our focus for this project was to help build a new
consumer facing brand from scratch - considering and designing all
touchpoints - digital, physical and service. And as a result, delivering
an all-encompassing user-centric experience which is purposeful and
highly desirable in all aspects.”
Alaka’i
Technologies has initiated their test program with the FAA. Pending
certification, Skai will create new possibilities in personal mobility
for everyone, efficient emergency responses, economical freight
distribution, and the utilization of hydrogen fuel cells as a highly
reliable, zero-emission power source.
Skai Highlights Include:
- Co-designed by Designworks with inherent quality craftsmanship
- Powered by clean hydrogen fuel cells, with zero emissions
- Range: Up to 4 Hours, ~400 Miles
- Six reliable, quiet, efficient electric motors with designed-in redundancy
- Seats up to five passengers
- Reliable, fault-tolerant architecture for safety and security
- Piloted version launched first, with autonomous versions to follow
- Designed for the ultimate in safety, with an Airframe Parachute
For more information: http://skai.co.
ABOUT ALAKA’I
Alaka’i
Technologies is an emerging air mobility design and manufacturing
company, headquartered in Hopkinton MA. Founded by Brian Morrison in
2015, Alaka’i Technologies assembled a distinguished executive team with
decades of aerospace development, production, executive and airspace
integration experience (NASA, Raytheon, Beech Aircraft, McDonnell
Douglas, Hughes, DayJet, SATSAir, Cirrus, Metro Aviation, Delta
Airlines) and FAA certification experience. Working together since the
1990’s on industry-defining projects such as the NASA AGATE and SATS
Programs, they also built and flew the world’s first-ever Fly-By-Light
aircraft. Today, the Alaka'i team is engineering proprietary,
progressive air mobility solutions to offer point A-to-Anywhere
transportation that are clean, simple, safe, and accessible for
everyone. Ultimately, transforming transportation through
hydrogen-powered mobility.
ABOUT DESIGNWORKS
Designworks
is the design innovation studio for the BMW Group. Designworks is ‘the
architect of future’ — designing holistic systems that impact and
improve the world we live in. Designworks inspires and challenges the
companies it works with to be and stay at the forefront of their
industries in design, technology and innovation. For 25 years it has
been stimulating the BMW Group as well as a select group of companies
with ambitious visions for the future.
Contacts
John Moore
Press@alakai.com
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