Kunshan, (APP – UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – Mar 6, 2026) A glimpse of what the future of flying taxis might look like can be seen in this southeastern Chinese city.
In a hangar in Kunshan, more than 60 kilometers (about 37 miles) west of the port of Shanghai, a type of giant drone was preparing for a demonstration. Dubbed the Matrix, the 5-ton electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, is the largest electric aircraft built to date, at least in China.
The Chinese company AutoFlight, founded in 2017, developed the array that can carry up to 10 passengers. It has a wingspan of 20 meters (about 66 feet), a length of 17.1 meters and a height of 3.3 metres. (56 feet long and 11 feet wide).
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The idea is that it could eventually become a flying taxi, although industry and experts believe it will take some time.
On a recent cold afternoon, AutoFlight conducted a flight demonstration for The Associated Press at a low-altitude flight test facility.
Staff moved the array from the hangar to the helipad
The eVTOL was ready: the fans were turned on, and after a few minutes of checks to make sure everything was working, it started to rise. It was noisy, but less than a helicopter. About 10 minutes later, after two turns around the helipad, the Matrix returned and landed smoothly without any problems.