Flight testingAerofugia
AE200
Tilt-transition, pure electric
Geely-backed Aerofugia passenger eVTOL, an air taxi rather than a retail aircraft. Manufacturer series page: up to 200 km, 230 km/h cruise, flexible 3–6 seats, size 9.9 × 15 × 4.4 m, pure electric, tilt transition. AE200-100 is the first type and the production-intent aircraft under CAAC certification. X01 is an earlier technology-demonstrator lineage, not the name of this card. Maker timeline: type-certificate application accepted in 2022, full-envelope tilt transition in June 2024, production configuration in November 2024, first AE200-100 production airframe rolled in September 2025, Phase-1 verification flights in December 2025. Type certificate not yet issued. The maker says final certified numbers will be those CAAC approves. In July 2026 Aerofugia showed a new AE200 display aircraft in Shanghai and signed a follow-on order with Xiaoxiang Aviation.
- Range
- Up to 200 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- Not published
- Cruise
- 230 km/h
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- Not published
- Flight time
- Not published
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Seats
- 3–6
- Battery / fuel
- Pure electric (capacity not published)
- Size
- 9.9 × 15 × 4.4 m
- First flight
- Not published (demonstrator full-envelope tilt transition June 2024)
- Entry into service
- CAAC TC targeted 2026–2027 (Aerofugia target)
Full figures
- Series
- AE200; AE200-100 is the first type, now in CAAC certification
- Seats
- flexible 3–6
- Range
- up to 200 km (series design maximum)
- Cruise
- up to 230 km/h (series design maximum)
- Size
- 9.9 m long × 15 m span × 4.4 m high
- Power
- pure electric; tilt transition
- Certification
- CAAC TC application accepted 2022; TC targeted 2026–2027 (Aerofugia target); final figures set by CAAC
- Milestones
- project launched 2021; full-envelope tilt transition June 2024; production configuration Nov 2024; first production AE200-100 rolled out Sep 2025; Phase-1 verification flights Dec 2025; new AE200 display aircraft and follow-on order, Jul 2026
- Maker
- Sichuan Aerofugia Technology Development Co., Ltd. (Geely Technology Group)
For
- Published series card: up to 200 km, 230 km/h, 3–6 seats
- AE200-100 production airframe rolled out and in verification flight
Against
- Not for private sale
- CAAC type certificate not issued; certified numbers can still change