ROOT / AERO // EVTOL & ADVANCED AIR
// Aero · decoded · deep-research pass
eVTOL & Advanced Air, decoded.
Electric air taxis by range and certification status.
CURATED INDEX◊ confidence: Medium
// the signal · what the data says
eVTOL is approaching commercial reality: Joby and Archer lead US certification with the FAA, Volocopter and Lilium hit financial trouble, and China's EHang holds an early type certificate. Certification, not flight performance, is the gating variable — most vehicles fly, few are legal to carry passengers.
// comparison · every entry, benchmarked & annotated
| Name | Maker | Range (mi) | Payload (kg) | Speed (mph) | Cert |
|---|
| Joby S4 | Joby | 150 | 450 | 200 | Cert phase |
| ◊ FAA TIA flight testing |
| Alia | Beta | 250 | 600 | 170 | Testing |
| ◊ Longest range, CTOL+VTOL |
| Midnight | Archer | 100 | 450 | 150 | Testing |
| ◊ UAM, United partnership |
| VX4 | Vertical | 100 | 450 | 150 | Testing |
| ◊ UK, tilt-rotor |
| EH216-S | EHang | 22 | 220 | 80 | Certified |
| ◊ Type-certified autonomous, China |
// leaderboard · Range (mi)
01Alia250
02Joby S4150
03Midnight100
04VX4100
05EH216-S22
// sources & where to verify
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◊ Deep-research pass, mid-2026. Headline/volatile figures web-verified against the sources above; engineering specs from primary/vendor data. Green = best value in column · confidence: Medium · verify volatile figures (prices, counts, live feeds) before publishing.