| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.09.2026 | Top Aerospace Startups In China | For decades, the global space story has been told by national agencies such as NASA and China’s state-owned aerospace giant, the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC). Today China is becoming a world aerospace power with... |
| 11.06.2026 | China's AutoFlight secures world's first overseas certification for eVTOL | People check out AutoFlight's electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft at the Beijing Auto Show in Beijing on April 24, 2026. [Photo/VCG]
Chinese electric aircraft maker AutoFlight said its cargo-carrying electric vertical ta... |
| 24.05.2026 | AutoFlight V5000 Matrix Concludes 'Heterogeneous Three-Aircraft Formation' Flight, Officially Kicks Off Airworthiness Certification | KUNSHAN, China, May 24, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoFlight has successfully completed a demonstration flight of a heterogeneous three-aircraft formation, consisting of one V5000 Matrix and two V2000-series eVTOL aircraft. The mission has valid... |
| 20.05.2026 | First eVTOL Flight in Central Asia - AutoFlight Completes Landmark Demonstration in Kazakhstan | ALATAU CITY, Kazakhstan, May 20, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoFlight has successfully completed the first ton-class eVTOL demonstration flight in Alatau City, Kazakhstan – marking the first electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) Urban Ai... |
| 17.04.2026 | AutoFlight Completes First 2-Ton-Class eVTOL Tea Delivery in China | KUNSHAN, China, April 17, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AUTOFLIGHT has successfully completed China's first 2-ton-class eVTOL dedicated spring tea transport trial in Guizhou, a mountainous province in western China.
The trial deployed AutoFlight's C... |
| 14.03.2026 | Гигантское «летающее такси», рассчитанное на 10 человек, прошло первые испытания в Китае | Китайская компания успешно провела испытательный полёт пятитонного электрического беспилотного летательного аппарата с вертикальным взлётом и посадкой (eVTOL), что стало новым достижением в области электрической авиации. Создатели из компан... |
| 13.02.2026 | AutoFlight's 5-ton eVTOL seen as industry milestone | The world's first 5-ton eVTOL, the V5000 civilian unmanned aerial vehicle, independently developed by AutoFlight, completed the entire conversion flight process at the test flight operation base in Kunshan, Jiangsu province, on Feb 5, 2026.... |
| 06.02.2026 | World's Largest eVTOL Aircraft Completes Maiden Test Flight in China | (Yicai) Feb. 6 -- The V5000 Tianjilong, the world's largest electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by AutoFlight, wrapped up its first public test flight at the Chinese air taxi maker's Bailian Lake Low-Altitude base in Ji... |
| 05.02.2026 | AutoFlight Unveils World's First 5-Ton Class eVTOL Aircraft | Matrix successfully demonstrates full transition flight capability
Pioneering aircraft available in 10-seat passenger and 1,500kg cargo configurations
SUZHOU, China, Feb. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoFlight has unveiled Matrix, the world's f... |
| 19.09.2025 | Unmanned cargo aircraft completes landmark farm-to-city flight | The 2-ton class eVTOL carrying the 200 kilograms of blueberry juice and SF Express parcels on Wednesday. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A Chinese-developed unmanned electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft successfully... |
| 01.09.2025 | China’s EVT Aerotechnics challenges global rivals with ET9 eVTOL program | EVT Aerotechnics, an eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) aircraft developer, has raised a nine-figure RMB sum in Series A funding. The round was led by GP Capital, with participation from Jinggong Technology, Empower Electric, Pea... |
| 06.08.2025 | Landmark mission highlights eVTOL potential | The world's first cargo flight to an offshore oil platform, conducted by a domestically developed 2-metric-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft, demonstrates the immense potential of integrating low-altitude aviation w... |
| 23.07.2025 | World's first fully certified ton-class eVTOL delivered to Guangzhou | A model of the V2000CG CarryAll, developed by the Shanghai-based AutoFlight, on display along with the aircraft’s airworthiness certificate. [Photo provided to chinadaily.com.cn]
A leading developer of electric vertical takeoff and landing ... |
| 27.04.2025 | Screens, drones, massages: Shanghai flaunts the future of cars | SHANGHAI: At the huge Auto Shanghai industry show this week, the chatter was less about powerful engines and more about cutting-edge technology and passenger comfort.
Hundreds of carmakers and equipment suppliers have filled the exhibition ... |
| 02.03.2025 | Abu Dhabi and China: A Skyward Partnership in Innovation | Abu Dhabi is reaching out. It’s extending a hand to Chinese businesses, inviting them to leap into global markets. The message is clear: “We’re ready to help you soar.” This isn’t just talk. It’s a strategic move. The Abu Dhabi Investment O... |
| 25.02.2025 | Abu Dhabi Is Ready to Help Chinese Businesses Go Global, ADIO Chief Says | (Yicai) Feb. 25 -- Abu Dhabi is leveraging its strategic position to help Chinese businesses expand globally, offering access to extensive trade networks and a favorable business environment, according to the chief of the Abu Dhabi Investme... |
| 04.12.2024 | Chinese flying car startup completes first low-altitude flight in Japan | Chinese electric aircraft startup AutoFlight said on Nov. 29 that its two-tonne flying drone car successfully completed its first flight in Japan, part of its larger goal to conduct demonstration flights at the 2025 World Expo in the Japane... |
| 05.11.2024 | Gateway to Future Airports: Super Terminal Expo 2024 Provides a Platform for Innovations, Connection, and Insights | HONG KONG, Nov. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The inaugural Super Terminal Expo 2024 opened today at AsiaWorld-Expo, Hong Kong, to more than 500 international and local aviation professionals. The opening ceremony was graced by a host of dignitar... |
| 02.10.2024 | The Aerotropolis Revolution: Airports as Economic Engines | The aviation landscape is changing. Airports are no longer just gateways to the skies. They are becoming aerotropolises—metropolitan areas designed around airports. This shift is reshaping economies, enhancing connectivity, and pushing the ... |
| 02.10.2024 | The Future of Aerotropolis: Innovations and Strategies Shaping the Aviation Industry | HONG KONG, Oct. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- As the aviation industry continues to evolve, the concept of the aerotropolis—a metropolitan subregion where the layout, infrastructure, and economy are centred around an airport—has gained significan... |
| 25.09.2024 | Cutting-Edge Tech Go on Display at 24th China International Industry Fair | (Yicai) Sept. 25 -- The latest technological innovations worldwide are exhibited at the ongoing 24th China International Industry Fair, which has a New Energy Auto, Robotics, New Material Industry, Industrial Automation, and five other spec... |
| 05.08.2024 | AutoFlight's 'Flying Car' Backed by CATL, a Chinese EV Battery Manufacturer | By Isaiah Richard
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Flying car, a.k.a. eVTOL, maker, AutoFlight, revealed its latest major backer to hel... |
| 05.08.2024 | CATL dives into electric aircraft with a bet on AutoFlight | China’s CATL pushed a little deeper into flying cars on August 3 when AutoFlight, a Shanghai-based electric aircraft startup, announced it will raise “several hundred million US dollars” in a fundraising round from the electric vehicle batt... |
| 04.08.2024 | CATL makes strategic investment in flying car maker AutoFlight | Chinese electric vehicle battery maker CATL has injected “several hundreds of millions” of US dollars into electrical aerial vehicle maker AutoFlight. |
| 03.08.2024 | AutoFlight in Nanjing heralds age of air taxis | An eVTOL aircraft takes off from an unmanned aerial vehicle base in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, on Thursday. YANG BO/CHINA NEWS SERVICE
A car ride to a destination 20 kilometers away may take 20-25 minutes, but new-age mini aircraft may need... |
| 03.08.2024 | Chinese battery maker CATL invests in electric aircraft developer Autoflight | SHANGHAI : Chinese battery-making giant CATL signed a pact on Saturday to invest several million dollars in Autoflight, the developer of electric aircraft said in a statement.
Both companies will develop batteries for electric aircraft that... |
| 17.04.2024 | Firms have high hopes for low-altitude biz | Growers get training to use unmanned aerial vehicles to protect crops in Mengcheng county, Anhui province, in March. HU WEIGUO/FOR CHINA DAILY
China's low-altitude economy, which is regarded as a strategic emerging industry, is poised to se... |
| 03.01.2024 | What trends are steering the mobility landscape right now, and how will they accelerate this year? | The future of mobility is fast evolving, thanks to technological innovation, climate change goals, and an effort to reduce car ownership. Here's the second installment — check out Part 1 first — featuring the mobility trends that I anticipa... |
| 27.07.2023 | AutoFlight Sets Another World Record With 3 Simultaneous eVTOL Takeoffs | John Lopez, Tech Times 27 July 2023, 09:07 am
AutoFlight, a pioneering sustainable aviation specialist based in Shanghai, has once again shattered expectations in the "battery electric Airtaxi" industry.
The company recently achie... |
| 27.07.2023 | Taking off into the future: Shenzhen to Zhuhai in 15 minutes on China’s first eVTOL air route | China has been making significant strides in the urban air mobility sector, especially in the development of electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This October, a new milestone is set to be reached as Shenzhen, a city know... |
| 29.03.2022 | It’s part drone, part plane, and headed to the skies in 2025 | At nine-thirty in the evening, one otherwise nondescript day in November 1954, a Belgian man named Roelants was riding his bicycle in the village of Dudzele, West Flanders. As he passed a dairy, he witnessed a bright light rapidly descend f... |
| 24.11.2021 | Wise co-founder Taavet Hinrikus on his next act as a venture capitalist | This is the web version of Term Sheet, a daily newsletter on the biggest deals and dealmakers. Sign up to get it delivered free to your inbox.
Taavet Hinrikus has had a big year. In July, Wise—the money-transfer startup that he co-founded w... |
| 23.11.2021 | AutoFlight flies off with $100M Series A | Electric aircraft startup AutoFlight has raised $100 million in a Series A round led by Berlin-based tech holding company Team Global and its CEO Lukasz Gadowski. The Chinese startup is creating both passenger and cargo autonomous aircraft ... |
| 22.11.2021 | AutoFlight Raises USD100M in Series A Funding | AutoFlight, a Shanghai, Cina-based electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) startup which specializing in developing and manufacturing autonomous aerial vehicles, raised USD100M in Series A funding.
The round was led by Lukasz Gadowsk... |
| 22.11.2021 | AutoFlight Lands $100M (USD) Investment in Series A Funding from Team Global and Its Founder Lukasz Gadowski | SHANGHAI and BERLIN, Nov. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- AutoFlight, a global electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) startup specializing in developing and manufacturing autonomous aerial vehicles, announces a $100M (USD) Series A investm... |
| 22.11.2021 | AutoFlight Lands $100M (USD) Investment in Series A Funding from Team Global and Its Founder Lukasz Gadowski | Investment Earmarked for Global Expansion and Scaling Cargo Production
- AutoFlight secured Series A funding of $100M (USD) from European technology-investor Lukasz Gadowski and his company, Team Global.
- Gadowski appointed to AutoFlight b... |
| 18.09.2021 | Chinese eVTOL Firm Autoflight Completes A Round of Financing Worth $100 Million | Shanghai-based Fengfei Aviation Technology, known by its English name Autoflight, is a leading R&D and manufacturing enterprise for autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The firm announced that it completed... |
| 18.06.2021 | All the drone companies in China — a guide to the 22 top players in the Chinese UAV industry | |
| 25.05.2021 | Dispatch from Shenzhen: China’s booming drone industry | |
| - | AutoFlight shares ‘Prosperity I’ eVTOL air taxi proof of concept with video footage of it transitioning from vertical to horizontal flight mid-air | AutoFlight has grown one step closer to passenger flights in its eVTOL air taxi by introducing a proof of concept version called “Prosperity I,” alongside a first look at the eVTOL in the air. Additionally, AutoFlight has posted teaser foot... |
| - | AutoFlight shares extended footage of ‘Prosperity I’ eVTOL air taxi, including takeoff and landing | Following teaser footage of its “Prosperity I” eVTOL shared in January, AutoFlight has released a five minute video showing much more of its all-electric air-taxi in action. The newly released video features the eVTOL completing a vertical ... |
| - | AutoFlight establishes first location in Europe and is seeking certification for its 4 passenger eVTOL taxi by 2025 | Chinese eVTOL developer AutoFlight is showcasing its global expansion by officially entering Europe. The company has set up shop at Augsburg Airport in Germany, as it now seeks to to achieve certification from the European Aviation Safety A... |
