AutoFlight's electric Air-taxi successfully performs world’s first inter-city demonstration flight

Electric Air-taxi maker AutoFlight successfully performs world’s first inter-city demonstration flight
• Flight from Shenzhen to Zhuhai took just 20 minutes across the Pearl River Delta, a journey that would take three hours by car.
• Demonstration flight showcased AutoFlight’s cutting-edge aviation technology in a highly complex environment, bordering multiple international airports and home to approximately 86 million people.
• Flight path is one of 100 eVTOL aerial vehicle routes local government is developing as part of expansive “low-altitude economy” strategy.
• Flight was uncrewed and fully autonomous, with certification for crewed passenger flights anticipated within approximately two years.
• Unique aspect of eVTOL zero-emissions, pure-electric aviation lies in the aircraft’s vertical take-off capabilities, eliminating the need for a runway, and utilizing wings to preserve energy during cruising, rendering eVTOL aviation both affordable and sustainable.

[@juki0h391]

Beautiful aircraft

[@melonshop8888]

ANOTHER NEW TOY EMERGE
CONGRATS TO ALL DEVELOPERS. 👏👏👏

[@mindurownbussines]

Air taxi without a pilot is scary tbh in case sth goes wrong

[@inungns8963]

Pilot still onboard , 4 pax and 1 pilot in front

[@astanaforeve6057]

Лет через десять это будет как обыденность наверное, как сейчас мобильные телефоны. В 2005 году было нереально даже представить что можно будет разговаривать по видео связи через телефон, и многие другие вещи, которыми сейчас даже ребенка двухлетнего не удивишь. Так что прогресс шагает со страшной силой.

[@12354535]

Согласен, надеюсь нам удастся полетать на чем то подобном при жизни)

[@joepopplewell680]

The front wing/canards will make the main wing less efficient..

[@richwen8769]

pilot is cost huge money for operator, that cost must be take away from equation

[@CHANGJIANGLONG]

为什么又是固定翼？造不出倾转旋翼的吗？

[@aloneinfinland]

needs the space of a heli, the pilot of a heli, its more complex than a heli but if the motors fail it cant autorotate......

[@12354535]

Там 12 моторов, все 12 не могут сразу выйти из строя)

[@thomaszhang3101]

Doesn’t need a pilot, costs only $27 and 20 min for an intercity 50km trip (compared to 2 h by taxi), holds 5 people per trip, flies faster than most helicopters, higher drag coefficient efficient, is purely electric.
What more can you ask for?
that's everything needed to make low altitude air taxi a reality.

[@vitordelima]

@@thomaszhang3101It's a solid first step but it needs to evolve a lot (due to range, safety, backup systems, ...). It isn't an issue of only this project but almost every other similar to it.

[@EnchantedTwilightGrove]

Its not as complicated as heli my goodness,,,, do your research..

[@tinof5829]

Oversized drone!

[@thareja12]

Another unreliable Chinese tech toy! Cheap when it works and then throw it away because servicing cannot be done 2:12 or repair is more expensive than the new toy..