Two main auto suppliers are combining their experience in automotive and aerospace and taking their know-how improvement to new heights.

Denso Corp. and Honeywell on Monday mentioned they’re working to develop electrical propulsion for plane.

The suppliers will first concentrate on air taxis and supply automobiles. The businesses plan to ship flight take a look at configurations of the techniques inside the subsequent 12 months, they mentioned.

“Mobility wants are altering, and this collaboration represents how Denso is evolving to fulfill them,” Jiro Ebihara, head of Denso’s electrification techniques unit, mentioned in an announcement. “Whereas we’ve dedicated to realize a carbon-neutral society, we nonetheless want to cut back visitors and supply eco-friendly motion in population-dense areas. Working with Honeywell will assist handle each these points and furthers our aim of making mobility that’s inexperienced and provides peace of thoughts.”

Denso, a Toyota Motor Corp. affiliate and Japan’s greatest elements provider, has announced different business strategies in recent times, together with its Reborn 21 initiative and Second Founding – a shift launched in 2017. Each concentrate on sustainability and supplying applied sciences outdoors of the standard car realm.

Honeywell Aerospace, a unit of Honeywell International Inc., develops electronics, engines and mechanical techniques for business, protection and house plane.

The alliance has been two years within the making and can pair Denso’s mass manufacturing experience with Honeywell’s present aerospace portfolio, together with fly-by-wire, avionics and actuation techniques, the businesses mentioned.

The transfer is simply the most recent of several examples of the convergence between the automotive and aerospace industries.

Common Motors expressed its curiosity in air mobility as lately as September, when firm CEO Mary Barra mentioned its EV battery know-how may dovetail effectively into aerial mobility.

Hyundai notably showcased an electrical vertical-takeoff-and-landing car at CES in Las Vegas in January 2020.

Journey-hailing big Uber Applied sciences Inc. sold its air taxi business Elevate to Joby Aviation in December. Joby has been backed by Toyota, and has plans to go public by way of merger with particular objective acquisition firm, Reinvent Expertise Companions, this 12 months.

Denso Corp. ranks No. 2 on the Automotive Information list of the top 100 global suppliers, with worldwide elements gross sales to automakers of $41.8 billion in 2019.