Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025: Sarla Aviation unveils India's first electric air taxi Shunya

India's First Electric Air Taxi Unveil: Sarla Aviation, an aerospace startup, has unveiled its prototype aerial taxi - Shunya - astatine the Bharat Mobility Global Expo. This volition beryllium India's archetypal electrical aerial taxi which is acceptable to motorboat successful Bangalore by 2028, followed by expansions to Mumbai, Delhi, Pune, and different large cities.

According to the institution the Shunya aerial taxi prototype is the highest payload eVTOL successful the marketplace and is susceptible of carrying up to six passengers and a maximum payload of 680 kg. With a apical velocity of 250 km/h, the conveyance is optimised for abbreviated trips ranging from 20-30 km.

The institution claims that this electrical aerial taxi offers a game-changing solution for reducing question times successful congested municipality areas.

"By addressing challenges similar postulation congestion and pollution, we purpose to unlock India’s economical imaginable portion paving the mode for a cleaner and much connected future," said Adrian Schmidt, Co-Founder and CEO of Sarla Aviation.

"Our travel is profoundly rooted successful the ideals of Atma Nirbhar Bharat, arsenic we enactment to make homegrown, world-class solutions that spot India astatine the forefront of planetary aviation innovation," helium added.

Sarla Aviation besides announced that it precocious secured $10 cardinal successful Series A1 funding, led by Accel, with information from salient angel investors, including Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal and Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath. This backing volition accelerate the improvement of the exertion and assistance found a cutting-edge R&D center, it said. 

In summation to rider transport, Sarla Aviation plans to present a escaped aerial ambulance work aimed astatine enhancing accelerated aesculapian responses successful municipality environments, the institution said successful a release.