{"id":118782,"date":"2025-07-25T13:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/07\/25\/watch-ready-for-vertical-takeoff-china-launches-first-heavy-lift-electric-evtol-aircraft\/"},"modified":"2025-07-25T13:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-07-25T13:05:23","slug":"watch-ready-for-vertical-takeoff-china-launches-first-heavy-lift-electric-evtol-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/watch-ready-for-vertical-takeoff-china-launches-first-heavy-lift-electric-evtol-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"(WATCH) Ready for (vertical) takeoff! China launches first heavy-lift electric eVTOL aircraft"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s first fully certified tonne-class eVTOL aircraft was seen flying over Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Tuesday, marking a significant breakthrough in the utilisation of large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology.<\/p>\n<p>Developed by Shanghai-based tech company AutoFlight, the V2000CG CarryAll aircraft features a maximum takeoff weight of two 2 tonnes. It utilises pure electric power and advanced unmanned driving technology, boasting a flight range of 200km.<\/p>\n<p>The model offers both vertical takeoff and landing capabilities without the need for a runway, as well as fixed-wing cruising functionalities, making it versatile for logistics transportation, emergency rescue, and various other applications.<\/p>\n<p>The aircraft has attained triple airworthiness certification, which validates its design safety, grants a production certificate for mass production, and confirms its operational readiness.<\/p>\n<p>These certifications represent the strictest safety benchmarks in Chinese aviation, making the V2000CG the first eVTOL over 1 tonne to achieve complete certification.<\/p>\n<p>Having completed over 40,000 km of test flights across diverse terrains in China, the UAE, and Japan, the aircraft has demonstrated its capabilities in logistics, emergency firefighting, and precision delivery.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world\u2019s first fully certified tonne-class eVTOL aircraft was seen flying over Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, eastern China, on Tuesday, marking a significant breakthrough in the utilisation of large-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) technology. Developed by Shanghai-based tech company AutoFlight, the V2000CG CarryAll aircraft features a maximum takeoff weight of two 2 tonnes. It [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118782","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118782","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118782"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118782\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118782"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118782"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118782"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}