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eVTOL Air Taxi Completes Its First Inter-City Flight In China

01 Mar 2024 | Abstracted from Super Blondie

The 5-seater eVTOL...flight took place from Shekou Cruise Home Port in Shenzhen and landed at Jiuzhou Port in neighboring Zhuhai...The aircraft will shorten the two-to-three hour trip to just 20 minutes...The eVTOL air taxi can carry up to five people and has a speed of 200 kilometers per hour...It can also operate for up to 250 kilometers on a single charge...the aircraft is not expected to start taking regular passenger flights until 2026."

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