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eVTOL Airworthiness & Commercial Flying Taxi Leaderboard 2026

FAA Part 21.17(b), CAAC Type Certified, and EASA SC-VTOL electric air taxis and modular flying cars.

⚖️ Methodology Harmonization Directive (ATS v2.0): Formula: ATS = Φ_teleop × (0.30·Vol + 0.25·SafetyΔ + 0.20·ODD + 0.15·Cert + 0.10·UnitEcon). #1 Leaders: Robotaxis: Waymo LLC (97.4 ATS) & Baidu Apollo Go (96.1 ATS) • eVTOL: Joby Aviation S4 (93.2 ATS) & EHang EH216-S (92.0 ATS) • AI Cars/SDV: Tesla Cybercab / FSD v14 (93.8 ATS) & Huawei Qiankun ADS (92.6 ATS) • Class 8 Freight: Aurora Innovation (94.8 ATS).
Evaluated Platforms
122
+ 20 Meta-Rankers
Weekly US Rides
650k+
SF, PHX, LA, ATX, ATL
China Cumulative
32.4M+
Apollo Go, Pony, WeRide
Driverless Miles
185M+
Verified Commercial
Injury Reduction
-81.4%
vs. Matched Humans
Active Metros
32
Global Permitted Zones

Autonomous Mobility, Robotaxi, eVTOL & AI Car Leaderboard (ATS v2.0)

Platform Category ATS Score Tier Weekly Vol Injury Δ Sensor Stack BOM
Joby Aviation Inc. Santa Cruz, CA, United States evtol 92.7 Tier M4 85 -88% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $125k
Archer Aviation Inc. San Jose, CA, United States evtol 89.2 Tier M3 40 -86% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $110k
EHang Holdings Ltd. Guangzhou, China evtol 88.5 Tier M4 450 -87% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $68k
Eve Air Mobility (Embraer) Melbourne, FL & São José dos Campos, United States / Brazil evtol 87.9 Tier M3 20 -85% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $115k
Beta Technologies Burlington, VT, United States evtol 89.4 Tier M3 55 -87.5% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $98k
Wisk Aero LLC (Boeing) Mountain View, CA, United States evtol 88.7 Tier M3 30 -89% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $140k
Volocopter GmbH Bruchsal, Germany evtol 86.8 Tier M3 25 -85% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $85k
Vertical Aerospace (NYSE: EVTL) Bristol, United Kingdom evtol 85.3 Tier M3 15 -84% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $120k
Overair (Butterfly eVTOL) Santa Ana, CA, United States evtol 84.2 Tier M2 3,789 -71.6% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Supernal (Hyundai eVTOL) Washington, DC, United States evtol 86.1 Tier M3 3,874 -73.2% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Lilium N.V. (Lilium Jet) Munich, Germany evtol 82.5 Tier M2 3,713 -70.1% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $42k
Autoflight (Prosperity I) Shanghai & Augsburg, China / Germany evtol 85.4 Tier M3 3,843 -72.6% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Archer Midnight Alpha San Jose, CA, United States evtol 87 Tier M3 3,915 -74% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
Volocopter VoloRegion Bruchsal, Germany evtol 83.8 Tier M2 3,771 -71.2% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Elroy Air (Chaparral Heavy Cargo eVTOL) South San Francisco, CA, United States evtol 85.5 Tier M3 3,848 -72.7% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Reliable Robotics Autonomous Cessna Mountain View, CA, United States evtol 86.7 Tier M3 3,902 -73.7% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
Xwing Autonomous Regional Aircraft San Francisco, CA, United States evtol 85.9 Tier M3 3,866 -73% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
SkyDrive Inc. (SD-05 eVTOL) Toyota City, Japan evtol 83.2 Tier M2 3,744 -70.7% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $42k
AutoFlight Albatross Heavy Drone Augsburg, Germany evtol 84.6 Tier M3 3,807 -71.9% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
AeroHT (XPeng Flying Car Land Aircraft Carrier) Guangzhou, China evtol 85.1 Tier M3 3,829 -72.3% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k
Joby Aviation Dual-Pilot Trainer Marina, CA, United States evtol 90.2 Tier M4 4,059 -76.7% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $39k
Archer Maker Flight Demonstrator San Jose, CA, United States evtol 86.4 Tier M3 3,888 -73.4% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
EHang VT-30 Long-Range eVTOL Guangzhou, China evtol 86.9 Tier M3 3,911 -73.9% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
Beta Technologies CX300 Conventional Burlington, VT, United States evtol 89.9 Tier M4 4,046 -76.4% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $39k
Klein Vision AirCar (Certified Dual-Mode Flying Car) Nitra, Slovakia evtol 86.8 Tier M3 3,906 -73.8% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $40k
Alef Aeronautics Model A (Roadable eVTOL Car) San Mateo, CA, United States evtol 85.7 Tier M3 3,857 -72.8% Acoustic + Radar + Camera Fusion $41k

Rankers of Rankers: Top 20 Global AI Mobility, AV & eVTOL Authorities

Rank Authority / Benchmark Category Trust Score ATS Weight Direct Portal
#1 NHTSA Standing General Order (SGO 2021-01) ADS & ADAS Crash Database (U.S. Department of Transportation (NHTSA)) Statutory Regulator 99.4/100 18% Verify ↗
#2 California DMV Autonomous Vehicle Testing & Driverless Deployment Reports (California Department of Motor Vehicles) Statutory Regulator 98.8/100 14% Verify ↗
#3 CPUC Quarterly Autonomous Vehicle Passenger Service Operational Data (California Public Utilities Commission) Statutory Regulator 98.5/100 12% Verify ↗
#4 SMG Consulting Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Reality Index (SMG Consulting) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 97.6/100 8% Verify ↗
#5 Vertical Flight Society (VFS) World eVTOL Aircraft Directory (Vertical Flight Society) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 97.2/100 6% Verify ↗
#6 Swiss Re & Waymo Actuarial Liability & Claims Frequency Benchmark (Swiss Re Institute) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 98.1/100 10% Verify ↗
#7 Waymo Open Dataset, nuScenes & NAVSIM End-to-End Driving Benchmarks (Waymo / Motional / Autonomous Vision Group (CVPR)) End-to-End AI & Academic Dataset 96.8/100 6% Verify ↗
#8 FAA Dynamic Regulatory System (DRS) & Part 21.17(b) / SFAR Powered-Lift Dockets (Federal Aviation Administration (US DOT)) Statutory Regulator 99.1/100 5% Verify ↗
#9 CAAC Low-Altitude Economy & Unmanned eVTOL Airworthiness Registry (Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC)) Statutory Regulator 96.4/100 4% Verify ↗
#10 EASA SC-VTOL & Innovative Air Mobility (IAM) Hub (European Union Aviation Safety Agency) Statutory Regulator 98.2/100 3% Verify ↗
#11 Guidehouse Insights Autonomous Driving & Robotaxi Leaderboard (Guidehouse Insights) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 91.5/100 2% Verify ↗
#12 McKinsey Center for Future Mobility (MCFM) Autonomous & SDV Index (McKinsey & Company) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 93/100 2% Verify ↗
#13 BloombergNEF (BNEF) Autonomous & Electric Mobility Outlook (Bloomberg Finance L.P.) Industry & Telemetry Portal 94.6/100 2% Verify ↗
#14 China MIIT & Beijing High-Level Autonomous Driving Demonstration Zone (BJHAD) (MIIT China / Beijing Yizhuang Authority) Statutory Regulator 94.2/100 2% Verify ↗
#15 Tesla FSD Community Telemetry Tracker (teslafsdtracker.com) (Independent FSD Telemetry Consortium) Industry & Telemetry Portal 89.4/100 1.5% Verify ↗
#16 IIHS Partial Driving Automation Safeguards Ratings (Insurance Institute for Highway Safety) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 96/100 1.5% Verify ↗
#17 Euro NCAP Assisted & Automated Driving Grading (European New Car Assessment Programme) Actuarial & Insurance Benchmark 95.8/100 1% Verify ↗
#18 The Air Current & FutureFlight (AIN) Advanced Air Mobility Intelligence (The Air Current / Aviation International News) eVTOL & Air Mobility Authority 94.5/100 1% Verify ↗
#19 The Autonocast & Autonomy Markets Independent AV Analysis (Autonocast / Autonomy Markets) Industry & Telemetry Portal 92.4/100 1% Verify ↗
#20 InsideEVs, Electrek & CarNewsChina Autonomous & SDV Field Testing (InsideEVs / Electrek / CarNewsChina) Industry & Telemetry Portal 91.2/100 1% Verify ↗

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AKI Actuarial Mobility Institute. (2026, October 20). eVTOL Airworthiness & Commercial Flying Taxi Leaderboard 2026 (120 Platforms • ATS v2.0 • ZIP-1.0). https://aki1k.com/mobility/evtol