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07-09-2021, 03:40 PM
By Du Qiongfang
Published: Sep 06, 2021 09:13 PM
Affordable short-distance travel by air taxi is expected in China in three years' time as a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft—which brings urban air mobility to reality—has entered its testing phase and is expected to enter commercial use around 2024.
The aircraft named E20 is a pure electric five-seat tiltrotor (one pilot and four passengers) with a designed cruising speed of 260 kilometers per hour and a maximum design rage of 200 kilometers
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It has a wingspan equivalent to the diameter of a small helicopter's rotor, permitting the eVTOL aircraft to make use of the smallest helipad infrastructures on existing high-rises without a runway.
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Central China's Hunan Province became the first province in China to pioneer all-area low-altitude flights in July, followed by East China's Anhui and Jiangxi provinces.
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Morgan Stanley estimated the market for urban air mobility could hit US$1 trillion by 2040
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the 260-kilometer-per-hour speed of the aircraft is about five times the speed of taxis, so it can save a lot of travel time for passengers. In the future, the travel cost of air taxis will be similar to the fees of taxis today when the aircraft realize mass production. By then, the price of the aircraft is expected to be lowered to around 1 million yuan (US$154,971)
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1233496.shtml
Published: Sep 06, 2021 09:13 PM
Affordable short-distance travel by air taxi is expected in China in three years' time as a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft—which brings urban air mobility to reality—has entered its testing phase and is expected to enter commercial use around 2024.
The aircraft named E20 is a pure electric five-seat tiltrotor (one pilot and four passengers) with a designed cruising speed of 260 kilometers per hour and a maximum design rage of 200 kilometers
......
It has a wingspan equivalent to the diameter of a small helicopter's rotor, permitting the eVTOL aircraft to make use of the smallest helipad infrastructures on existing high-rises without a runway.
......
Central China's Hunan Province became the first province in China to pioneer all-area low-altitude flights in July, followed by East China's Anhui and Jiangxi provinces.
......
Morgan Stanley estimated the market for urban air mobility could hit US$1 trillion by 2040
......
the 260-kilometer-per-hour speed of the aircraft is about five times the speed of taxis, so it can save a lot of travel time for passengers. In the future, the travel cost of air taxis will be similar to the fees of taxis today when the aircraft realize mass production. By then, the price of the aircraft is expected to be lowered to around 1 million yuan (US$154,971)
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https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202109/1233496.shtml
