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Today β€” 10 June 2026Main stream

GAC Is Now Building A $248,000 Flying Taxi

  • GAC has begun building its carbon-fiber AirCab flying taxi.
  • The new Guangzhou plant can build up to 100 aircraft a year.
  • Mobility and tourism operators are the AirCab’s first target.

Guangzhou Automobile Group, the Chinese giant most people just call GAC, is moving past the automobile and into the air. The company has started production of its very own eVTOL aircraft, the AirCab, built under its Govy mobility brand, with output capped at roughly 100 units per year.

The AirCab has already cleared every certification required for commercial operation and survived a full crash test program, so this is a finished product rather than a proof of concept. The fuselage uses lightweight carbon fiber composites, and six arms reach out from the cabin, each carrying a pair of propellers to generate lift.

Read: Porsche Built The Macan EV For The World, GAC Built A Bigger One For China

Limited technical details have been provided about the aircraft, but GAC has previously said it’s equipped with high-density cylindrical batteries that take just 25 minutes to fully charge. There’s no word yet on how far it can travel, but the range is expected to be limited.

While some companies are aggressively developing eVTOLs to usher in a new era of mass mobility, GAC has smaller ambitions for the AirCab. For now, it expects the aircraft to be used by tourism operators offering sightseeing services. Last year, GAC completed several demonstration runs in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, providing a glimpse of that key use-case.

No Pilot Needed

 GAC Is Now Building A $248,000 Flying Taxi

Not only is the AirCab electric, but it also supports Level 4 autonomous flying features. If hoping into the passenger seat of an autonomous robotaxi gives you the heebie-jeebies, then GAC’s eVTOL probably isn’t for you.

And as you’d expect from anything that flies itself, the AirCab isn’t cheap. Prices start at 1.68 million yuan, or roughly $248,000. At that kind of money, the tourism operators who actually buy one will probably charge an arm and a leg for even a short hop.

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