Flight testingCredit: Vertaxi
Vertaxi
M1
Compound-wing, all-electric. Official site name: Matrix 1.
Vertaxi (Shanghai) M1 is a five-seat compound-wing all-electric eVTOL. The official site calls it Matrix 1. Vertaxi lists a design range of 250 km and a cruise speed of 200 km/h. MTOW is a 2–2.5 tonne class; published sources do not agree on one figure. Payload of up to 700 kg was shown at the AAM Expo. The M1 made its maiden flight in October 2023 and a transition flight in July 2026 at Yancheng. An M1 Air Ambulance, with Ruijin Hospital, was shown at the 2026 AAM Expo in Shanghai. CAAC accepted the airworthiness application in 2024. It is not type-certified. Manned certification is targeted around 2028. Max speed, battery kWh, empty weight, charge time, ceiling, noise, a type-certificate date and a price are not published. This is a programme, not a retail aircraft.
- Range
- 250 km
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- Up to 700 kg (AAM Expo)
- Cruise
- 200 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
- Programme — not retail.
- Empty weight
- Not published
- MTOW
- 2–2.5 t class
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Seats
- 5
- Battery / fuel
- All-electric (kWh not published)
- Charge
- Not published
- First flight
- Oct 2023 (maiden flight)
- Entry into service
- Not published
Full figures
- Official site name
- Matrix 1
- Maker
- Vertaxi (Shanghai)
- Seats
- 5
- Design range
- 250 km (vertaxi.com)
- Cruise
- 200 km/h (vertaxi.com)
- MTOW
- 2–2.5 t class
- Payload
- Up to 700 kg (AAM Expo)
- Max speed
- Not published
- Battery
- Not published
- Empty weight
- Not published
- Charge time
- Not published
- Ceiling
- Not published
- Noise
- Not published
- Type-certificate date
- Not published
- Price
- Programme — not retail
- Milestones
- Maiden flight Oct 2023; transition flight Jul 2026 (Yancheng); M1 Air Ambulance with Ruijin Hospital at the 2026 AAM Expo, Shanghai
- Sources
- https://www.vertaxi.com/ ; https://www.chinaevtolnews.com/p/m1-evtol-sees-transition-flight-milestone ; https://www.linkedin.com/posts/vertaxi_vertaxi-evtol-airambulance-activity-7487819741865140224-8zDr ; https://chinabizinsider.com/shanghai-evtol-developer-vertaxi-secures-funds-to-accelerate-airworthiness-certification/
For
- Flying since 2023; transition flight flown in July 2026
- 5 seats, 250 km design range, 200 km/h cruise
- Medical and cargo uses, including an air-ambulance version with Ruijin Hospital
Against
- Not type-certified
- MTOW sources differ
- No official price
- Few English sources