China’s flying taxis struggle to take off

Activities in airspace below 1,000 meters (about 3,280 feet) accounted for business turnover worth 506 billion yuan ($70 billion) in 2023, about 0.4 per cent of China’s economy - (Associated Press)

China's skies are increasingly becoming a testing ground for futuristic transport, with an unmanned, oval-shaped craft from flying taxi maker EHang now undergoing trials in Guangzhou.

The vehicle, described as whirring noisily like a mini-helicopter, evokes scenes once confined to science fiction films, as it hovers over a riverside innovation zone.