The Vahana
Production Company: Airbus
Feature: Self-Piloted
EST. Cost of Production: Unknown
The Vahana is a one-seat urban transportation aircraft that can move vertically up and down, allowing commuters to travel from building top to building top across most major cities. Rather than being propelled by fuel, like most aircrafts are, the Vahana’s eight electric motors are powered by a 38kWh battery. If that wasn’t enough, it’s also totally self-contained. The Vahana, guided by the clever sensors in its nose, is capable of navigate through metropolitan skies with ease. With a range of just over 30 miles and a cruising speed of close to 120 mph, Airbus’ self-piloted city transport can bring tourists to their destinations in a quarter of the time it would take by automobile.
The Vahana
CityAirbus
Production Company: Airbus
Feature: Self-Piloted
EST. Cost of Production: Unknown
Airbus has been hard at work for the past few years studying and constructing smaller inter-city “demonstrators” that are supposed to relocate one’s commute from the road to the sky, with the objective of one day developing a fully electric airliner. The CityAirbus, which travels at 75 mph over the city, could be the future of carpooling. The CityAirbus is a fully-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft with eight electric motors. It is simply a larger version of the Vahana with four passengers instead of one. The CityAirbus will be able to go further than the Vahana, reaching distances of up to 50 miles on a single charge while emitting zero pollutants.
CityAirbus
