Pilotless Air Taxis Are Here. Your Daily Commute? Still Stuck on the Ground.
An AutoFlight 'Prosperity' electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft is demonstrated during a flight presentation organized by Alatau Advanced Air Group (AAAG) in cooperation with China's AutoFlight at the Kazanat Hippodrome in Astana, Kazakhstan, on July 24, 2026. Kazakhstan is preparing to become the first country in Central Asia to integrate electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxis into its transportation system. Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu via Getty Images
ByCamille Tuutti,
Freelance Tech Writer
August 12, 2026 06:06 PM ET
If you actually want to buy a ticket on a pilotless flying taxi, China is the only place anyone claims you can.
I've never had a driver's license. I've been waiting for the flying car since I watched "The Jetsons" as a kid. Forty years later, pilotless air taxis are finally showing up, just not quite how the cartoon promised.
A pilotless air taxi route between Shenzhen...
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