
EHang’s pilotless EH216-S completed its first flight in Shanghai in January.
Credit: EHang
China’s Ehang has provided a taste of what electric air taxi developers hope is to come. It is the first to certify an electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft—one that not only carries passengers but is autonomous, a milestone not widely expected to be achieved in the West before the...
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