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CTOnews.com, August 18 (Xinhua)-- start-up Yufeng Future announced yesterday that its first national electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle, Matrix-1, has completed all ground tests and is close to flying, and will soon make its first flight.

"in recent years, significant progress has been made in the research and development of eVTOL, which uses pure electric energy, does not need a runway for take-off and landing, and can achieve intelligent autonomous flight without the need for a pilot," Yufeng Future said. EVTOL is generally considered to be the best means of transportation for low-altitude urban travel in the future because of its low-carbon environmental protection, low noise and high safety.

▲ Tuyuan Yufeng Future official website Yufeng Future also claimed that, "this year and next year are regarded as key years of eVTOL, the industry is expected to usher in an inflection point in the industry, many companies at home and abroad are stepping up testing to promote the first flight of prototypes, Yufeng hopes to pass regulatory certification as soon as possible and become a formal eVTOL commercial operator".

▲ Tu Yuan Yufeng Future official website

Xie Ling, founder and CEO of ▲ Tuyuan Yufeng Future official website, said, "driven by relevant policies, China General Aviation is about to usher in a new opportunity of changing lanes to overtake. China has successfully commercialized the large domestic C919 aircraft, China has trained a large number of aircraft designers who understand airworthiness and safety, and the airworthiness audit department of the Civil Aviation Administration has also accumulated more experience in airworthiness verification. The most important thing is that China currently has the most powerful new energy supply chain in the world, namely batteries, motors and electronic controls. The above three points constitute a new opportunity for China General Aviation to change lanes and overtake in the field of electrification. "

After inquiry, CTOnews.com learned that Yufeng Future Matrix 1 is a composite wing eVTOL aircraft with 20 rotors, using pure electric energy, with a five-seat manned design, efficient flight of 250km and cruising speed of up to 200km per hour, which is mainly used to solve the needs of short-distance air travel within and between cities.

Yufeng Future said, "after the first successful flight of the M1 aircraft, this aircraft is expected to become 'China's first independent research and development, nationalization of 2-ton electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft', in the electric system, flight control system, composite materials and other three core links to achieve localization, the completion of Chinese enterprises in the global eVTOL track" national production "milestone breakthrough".

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