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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
E. Eduardo Castillo

China's 10-passenger electric aircraft, the Matrix, hints at how big flying taxis can be

China Largest Electric Aircraft - (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

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 sort of gigantic drone was preparing for a demonstration. Called the Matrix, it's a 5-ton electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle, or eVTOL, considered the largest electric aircraft built so far, at least in China.

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