The passenger-carrying electric drone, or eVTOL aircraft, demonstrated in the Maldives took 2 minutes to fly from Malé to Vilimalé yesterday, Chinese Ambassador to the Maldives Kong Xianhua said.
The ambassador said this new mode of inter-island transport offered an exciting glimpse of what lies ahead. He looked forward to the day when more such opportunities would open up across the Maldives and bring progress.
The single-seat “Dream ST” eVTOL aircraft made by prominent Chinese company Coolfly was demonstrated in the Maldives for the first time last Friday afternoon in the channel area of Hulhumalé Phase 1.
An eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) aircraft is a modern, electrically powered vehicle designed to take off and land vertically like a helicopter. It uses environmentally friendly, low-noise technology.
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