Transport & space · 2023

Certified passenger eVTOL

EHang's pilotless EH216-S wins the first type certificate for an eVTOL passenger aircraft.

China's aviation regulator issued the EH216-S a type certificate in October 2023. The two-seat, 16-rotor electric multicopter flies autonomously with no pilot aboard. Firms like Joby and Archer are pursuing certification for piloted air taxis.

See it in the living tree Wikipedia

Arcs above join it to what it stood on, arcs below to what it led to. The bar places this stretch on the tree's whole timeline.

What it built on 2

Consumer quadcopter 2013
Lithium-ion battery 1991

What it led to 1

Electric regional airliners ~2034

Related measurements

The dashed line marks when it first worked.

Lithium-ion battery cell price Latest: 78 $/kWh (2024 USD) (2024) Source: Our World in Data