The Airbus Vahana (Sanskrit: Vāhana, or Vahanam literally means "vehicle") was an electric-powered eight-propeller VTOL personal air vehicle prototype, or eVTOL, financed by A³ (pronounced "A-cubed"), by Airbus and Airbus Urban Mobility.

In less than two years, Vahana went from a sketch on a napkin to a full-scale flying aircraft. The eight electric motors and tandem tilt-wing configuration enabled Vahana to achieve both vertical take-off and landing, as well as cross-city flight range on battery power alone.

Advanced the urban air mobility opportunity with the first self-piloted all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technology demonstrator.

Celebrating its second anniversary, A³ —Airbus’ innovation outpost in Silicon Valley — is already deeply involved in transforming the aerospace industry.

Vahana, the all electric, self-piloted, VTOL aircraft from A³ by Airbus, today announced the successful completion of its first full-scale flight test, reaching a height of 5 meters (16 feet) before descending safely.

Acubed is the Silicon Valley innovation center of Airbus. We are accelerating the adoption of AI and autonomy within Airbus, from flight functions to manufacturing, services and digital airspace management.

The A3 Vahana (Beta) is a Powered Lift eVTOL aircraft developed by Airbus in San Jose, United States. It is currently in the Initial Design phase. The A3 Vahana (Beta) aircraft has a capacity of two (2) occupants.

2019年2月22日 · The Airbus A³ Vahana (pronounced “Acubed”) Alpha One is a full-scale self-piloting eVTOL canard tilt-wing technology demonstrator which has eight propellers and eight electric motors for propulsion in all directions. The vehicle uses eight 60 hp (45 kw) motors situated on one forward and one rear tilt-wings.

2020年1月1日 · aircraftconcept.com – Airbus A³ Vahana (pronounced A-cubed) is a prototype of a full-scale self-piloting electric 8-prop tilt wing vehicle. This is intended to fly one passenger or cargo along a designated flight path.

2019年12月2日 · Airbus’ Silicon Valley outpost, A3 (A-cubed), has wrapped up testing on the Vahana autonomous electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) demonstrator, completing 138 flights totaling 13.4 hr.