Top 7 Electric Aircraft w/ Vertical Take-Off and Landing Capabilities

The application of electric motors has already been tested in various types of modern transport – cars, trucks, vans, motorcycles, bicycles, skateboards, etc.

Seeing these types of vehicles running on electricity is getting pretty common in the 21 century but would you believe that there are engineers, who installed massive battery packs in their aircraft and made them fly?

This uprising form of urban transport is here to change the notion of urban mobility once and for all. While the capacity of even the most advanced battery packs leaves much to be desired, they are already suitable for short flying commutes or work in hybrid propulsion systems.

One more thing that makes these drone-like airplanes suitable for city travel is the ability to land and take off vertically. Get ready, as the latest VTOL and flying taxis are coming to help you travel faster and with almost no emissions or noise pollution.

In this video you will learn about aircraft that are likely to cause a small transportation revolution (information about sources and media used to create this presentation can be found in the "Credits" section):

- Kittyhawk by Cora is an autonomous aircraft that can take off and land vertically, run on all-electric propulsion and produce low levels of noise.

- Pop.Up Next is an urban mobility invention created by Audi and Italdesign. This two in one product can serve as a VTOL aircraft and an electric city car.

- Lilium Jet is an air taxi with a good flying range and can let you fly from A to B without spending any time at the airport.

- Passengerdrone dot com: as the name implies, it’s a large drone that can carry up to 2 passengers with ease.

- Ehang 184 is the first manned aerial vehicle that was licensed to be used for carrying passengers in certain parts of the world.

- Volocopter X2 is greatly supported by the Mercedes Benz EQ program with an aim of making urban air travel easy and affordable for those, who value their time the most.

- Trifan 600 is the only aircraft on this top list with a hybrid propulsion system. It may not be considered as a zero emission vehicle but it certainly provides a significantly longer flying range.

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