India’s first electric air taxi presented at the Expo 2020 Dubai

With a range of 200 kilometres, the ePlane e200 is India’s first revolutionary electric air transportation system is on display at the Expo 2020 Dubai. It can run at a speed of 160 kilometres per hour and it was designed by a start-up, The ePlane Company as part of their pursuit of building the world’s most compact flying electric taxis to alleviate congestion in cities worldwide through India. 

The ePlane e200 focuses on delivering an immersive intracity user experience of transporting people from their doorstep to their end destination in significantly less time and more affordability. Cities need safe, quiet, and pollution-free transport. The markets need affordable, high mileage, and quickly certifiable products. Consumers need accessible, affordable and on-demand travel. Their vision is to achieve all these goals with their products, helping people travel 10 times faster and saving them a significant amount of time.

They’ve recently tested a scaled-down prototype of the e200 and expect to have its first cargo of e200 planes ready as early as next year. The cargo carrier is expected to be rolled out by February 2023 and the passenger version is expected by December 2024. 

They are working towards developing electric air transportation systems for intracity commute and cargo transport. The ePlane Company aim at taking this technology to the global markets, including the Middle East, the US and Western Europe.

Incubated out of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, our company was founded in 2017 by Professor Satya Chakravarthy, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Madras, and Pranjal Mehta, a 2019 IIT Madras Graduate. Located in Chennai, India, they’ve got a team of passionate people coming together from diverse backgrounds and cultures across India, that helps them understand and tackle problems with increased efficiency across different aspects of the products.