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The Airbus Vahana (Sanskrit: Vāhana, or Vahanam literally means "vehicle") was an electric-powered eight-propeller VTOL personal air vehicle prototype, or eVTOL, financed by A³ (pronounced "A-cubed"), by Airbus and Airbus Urban Mobility.

Airbus’ all-electric, tilt-wing vehicle demonstrator Vahana aimed to advance self-piloted, electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) flight.

Project Vahana developed and flight tested an all-electric, self-piloted vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) passenger aircraft. Our work on this demonstrator confirmed our belief that fully autonomous vehicles will allow us to achieve the scale required of Urban Air Mobility.

Vahana, the all electric, self-piloted, VTOL aircraft from A³ by Airbus, today announced the successful completion of its first full-scale flight test, reaching a height of 5 meters (16 feet) before descending safely.

Celebrating its second anniversary, A³ —Airbus’ innovation outpost in Silicon Valley — is already deeply involved in transforming the aerospace industry.

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Jan 1, 2020 · Airbus A³ Vahana uses eight 60 hp (45 kW) motors located on the forward and back sloping wings. About one third of its mass is the battery (600 lb / 272 kg). The sensor circuit uses an active camera and Lidar and Radar.

The Airbus A³ Vahana (pronounced “Acubed”) Beta is a two passenger eVTOL concept design aircraft and used for advanced air mobility (AAM). The aircraft has an expected cruise speed of 145 mph (230 km/h) and a predicted range of 60 m (100 km).

Feb 22, 2019 · The Airbus A³ Vahana (pronounced “Acubed”) Alpha One is a full-scale self-piloting eVTOL canard tilt-wing technology demonstrator which has eight propellers and eight electric motors for propulsion in all directions.