China pilots autonomous, electric air taxis

Guangzhou is partnering with aerial vehicle experts EHang to develop what could be the world’s first city-wide, air-taxi network.

EHang has tested thousands of self-driving flights, and the aerial vehicle fleet operates with a fail-safe, full-redundancy system. Should any part of a vehicle fail, the aircraft will find the nearest safe place to land. If power is reduced in some way, the second power system takes over to safely complete the flight.