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36 feet, have a speed of 110 mph, and have a fl ight range of ~62 miles. The company has come to an
agreement with the government of New Zealand to test autonomous air taxis for offi cial certifi cation there. The goal of Kitty Hawk is to provide
an Uber/Lyft-type app to customers to make it rather easy to order one of these air taxis.
EHANG PERSONAL DRONE This Chinese company is one of the earlier pioneers in developing an
electric VTOL autonomous air taxi two-person personal drone named the EHang 216 (they also have a one-person aircraft as well, the 184). EHang 216 is doing fl ight testing in Dubai now, and has conducted over 1,000 test fl ights with human passengers as of July 2018, including a 984-foot vertical climb, a weight test carrying over 500 pounds, a routed test fl ight covering 9.3 miles, and a high-speed cruising test that reached ~80 mph. It has 16 propellers and uses an app to order it (a command center oversees all details). Both of these aircraft have been
extensively tested in Guangzhou, China and in Dubai, and EHang had autonomously fl own Dutch Prince Pieter Christiaan into the Amsterdam Arena in April 2018. No date has been announced on when the 216 is expected to enter commercial service.
EVIATION AIRCRAFT This is a startup based in Israel that is targeting the short-range regional market, specifi cally hoping to replace trips made in an automobile. It is developing Alice, a nine-passenger, self-piloted, all-electric aircraft with a range of 100 to 600 miles and possibly more. It seems that it is primed to compete with Zunum and its hybrid aircraft. Eviation has plans to fl y a full- scale prototype by early 2019.
ISRAEL AEROSPACE I
NDUSTRIES (IAI) IAI is working on an all-electric aircraft and projects to have an initial prototype which will fl y in approximately three years. The company has stated that the new aircraft will have a maximum take- off weight of 10,000-15,000lb – approximately the size of a Beechcraft King Air 350. Range will be about 500nm, against 1,800nm for the King Air, and the aircraft is aimed at the regional use.
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