Overview
- The company staged a public full‑transition flight demonstration at its Kunshan test site before unveiling the aircraft.
- Matrix is a five‑tonne eVTOL with a 20‑metre wingspan that measures 17.1 metres long by 3.3 metres high and can carry up to 10 passengers.
- AutoFlight will offer passenger and heavy‑duty logistics variants, expanding beyond smaller-capacity eVTOL designs common in the sector.
- Backed by battery giant CATL, the firm reports that passenger models now account for about 70% of its orders after starting with a cargo focus in 2017.
- AutoFlight says it expects passenger certification in about one to two years, with broader industry standards targeted to exceed 300 by 2030.