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Shidi Technology in China has conducted a test flight of an early iteration of its eVTOL (electric vertical and takeoff) vehicle. “The team has successively experienced multiple test stages of system joint debugging, ballast endurance, tethered flight test and untethered flight test, and has accumulated more than 320 sorties on this frame aircraft of more than two tons,” the company stated in the announcement. Shidi is not alone in starting early testing of flying vehicles. Aska flight test Credit: AskaThe Aska flying car, a four-seater the size of an SUV, can travel by road and air, with both Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval for test flights and Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) authorization for road travel. Related :Electric Aircraft Test Flight Crashes, No One HurtEAVs take off vertically, with no need for a runway.