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Building the e200X: the world’s most compact electric air taxi in its class. 1.5-hour city gridlock into 10-minute flights. Incubated @iitmadras.

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There is a definitive moment when an aerospace program shifts from subscale into a 2.2-ton full scale reality. For us, that moment is now.

This aircraft is the culmination of half a decade of uncompromising engineering. We didn’t just jump straight into a full-scale build. We spent the last five years proving our architecture in the sky. For those who have followed our journey, you saw us push our sub-scale technology demonstrators to the limit flying the ATVA in 2021 and the heavy-lift e50 in 2023.

Across those platforms, we logged over 10,000 kilometres of real-world flight testing. We proved the aerodynamics, we moulded our composites from scratch, and we locked in our proprietary flight transition algorithms in the real world.

What you are looking at today is the result of that heavy lifting: a 2,200 kg vehicle built around an advanced carbon fiber composite airframe. It runs on an 800V high-voltage EV powertrain engineered to prevent thermal overheating and enable rapid turnaround charging.

To process the immense data required for autonomous flight, we integrated the NVIDIA IGX Thor platform for hardware-isolated sensor fusion, alongside HENSOLDT’s Next-Gen avionics suite for micro-accuracy navigation and secure telemetry.

Right now, the e200X PT-01 is standing inside our 60,000 sq ft integrated manufacturing and testing facility at the IIT Madras Discovery Campus. It will now enter its full-scale structured ground testing phase in our dedicated GTV Hangar, which is the final threshold before we take it to the flight line for full flight validation.

We proved the architecture. Now we validate & scale it.

e200X-PT01 is here. 🚀

#TheePlaneCompany #e200XisHere #PT01 #eVTOL #AdvancedAirMobility by @eplanecompany

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There’s never a dull moment at The ePlane Company. As we reveal the e200X PT-01 to the world, it’s the perfect time to look back at exactly what it took to get here.

Starting small to grow big. Here is how we built it.

The Blueprint (2019): We started with the hardest question: what is the largest market, and what tech do we need to serve it? That led to our Synergistic Lift IP, now patented in 33 countries.

Bootstrapped Beginnings: We built our Atva-1 subscale demonstrator. It has flown 10,000+ km, executing complex transitions and commercial pilots.

Global Stages (2022-2023): Displayed the e200 mock-up at the Dubai Expo & showcased at Aero India. Done and dusted.

Subscale Success: Started flying our 3/8th scale prototype in Jan 2023, clocking 500+ km to lock in the aerodynamics in the real world. Been there, done that.

The Approvals: Received our Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the DGCA in 2023, followed by our AS9100D certification. We are on a clear, comparable certification pathway to EASA and FAA.

THE NOW: The first full-scale prototype of the e200X (PT-01) is here. Built from the ground up, it is now entering detailed ground testing.

What’s Next: Our eyes are already set on PT2 (our certification-conforming air ambulance variant) and PT4 (the air-taxi) rolling out through next year.

None of this happens without the absolute hard work of our experienced team which is exactly why we celebrate this with one of the largest employee ownerships around.This is what true deep tech entrepreneurship looks like. Building toward one of the world’s best eVTOLs on a globally competitive timeline feels surreal.

e200X PT-01 is here.

#TheePlaneCompany #DeepTech #Aerospace #eVTOL #AviationDaily by @eplanecompany

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7,080 hours of relentless focus in the hangar bay, backed by 7 years of subscale validation.

Today, simulation becomes structure. PT-01 is fully assembled and moving into physical testing.

Full unveil soon.

The e200X-PT01 is coming.

#e200X #TheePlaneCompany #PT01 by @eplanecompany

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Building the aircraft is only half the mission. The other half is ensuring the ground is ready when we take off.

We just signed a massive Memorandum of Understanding with Noida International Airport, laying the operational groundwork to bring electric air taxis and air ambulances to Delhi-NCR.

Here is exactly what this partnership changes on the ground:

Dedicated Airport Real Estate: Noida International Airport is officially allocating space within its premises for our vertiports, charging stations, and early drone trials.

Rewriting Airport Operations: We are co-developing Vertiport Management Systems and aligning airport Standard Operating Procedures to safely accommodate our eVTOL services.

Airspace Integration: We are working directly with the DGCA, BCAS, and Air Traffic Control to establish the exact safety frameworks and AI-assisted fleet scheduling required to make this work.

While our full-scale e200X PT-01 prototype powers through ground testing, we are systematically preparing the infrastructure to compress hours of road travel into minutes of clean, zero-emission flight.

Bypassing urban gridlock is officially becoming an operational reality.

#TheePlaneCompany #NoidaInternationalAirport #eVTOL #AdvancedAirMobility #DeepTech by @eplanecompany

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Building deep-tech aerospace hardware in India requires relentless digital precision.

We are heading to Mumbai on October 7, 2026, for Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM INDIA 2026. Our team will be at our dedicated booth at the Grand Hyatt, ready to discuss exactly how we leverage advanced simulation and Virtual Twins to engineer the e200X.

If you are attending the forum to explore how digital engineering translates into physical hardware, come find our booth to talk aviation, scale, and manufacturing.

📍 Grand Hyatt, Mumbai, India
🗓️ October 7, 2026

#TheePlaneCompany #3DEXPERIENCE #AerospaceSimulation #DeepTech #AerospaceManufacturing by @eplanecompany

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"The day you stop asking whether it's possible and start asking how... that's the day the work actually begins."

3 aircrafts. 1 hangar. Zero playbooks.

No one in India had walked this road before us. Just a problem worth solving, a team willing to do the work, and the quiet decision to keep going.

• ATVA (2021): Small, unassuming, but our first real proof that this wasn't just math on paper.
• e50 (2023): Scaling up the physics to 50kg and finding our rhythm in the sky.
• e200X (2026): 7 years of R&D, 10,000+ km of test flights, and a 2.2-ton full-scale electric aircraft built by hand.

PT-01 is the answer to every doubt along the way. We could. We did.

This isn't where the story ends. This is where it gets interesting. ⚡✈️ taken in IIT Madras by @eplanecompany

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True independence is technological sovereignty. 🇮🇳

Behind every signature on the e200X fuselage is an engineer, researcher, and builder who believed that the future of aviation doesn’t just belong on Indian soil, it must come from here.

From the labs at @iitmadrasofficial, to rolling out a 2.2-ton electric aircraft at our own 60,000+ sq ft manufacturing facility, e200X represents half a decade of uncompromising engineering. We didn’t jump straight to a full-scale build; we earned this airframe across 10,000+ kilometers of subscale flight testing, securing India’s first Design Organisation Approval (DOA) from the DGCA for electric aircraft design in May 2023, followed by the official acceptance of our Type Certification application in December 2024.

What stands in our hangar today is pure indigenous grit:

⁠* A 2,200 kg airframe, molded entirely from carbon-fiber composite.

* Matured Ground testing, entering the final threshold inside our 60,000 sq ft facility before taking to the flight line.

We aren’t just watching the skies change; we’re building the wings that will take us there.

Happy 80th Independence Day from all of us at The ePlane Company! ⚡✈️

The Crew That Built The e200X

#TheePlaneCompany #Thecrewthatbuiltthe200X #PT01 #eVTOL #AdvancedAirMobility by @eplanecompany

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Whatever it takes!

Long before I understood lithium-ion chemistry, those three words were my philosophy. I was the kid obsessed with how energy was harnessed and controlled.

That passion led me to IIT-BHU for Electrical Engineering, but my journey began in traditional energy: as a Management Trainee at Coal India. While there, I realized my calling lay in the future of energy, not its past.

I left heavy industry for India’s early EV startup ecosystem architecting high-voltage BMS hardware and pushing thermal limits for 2-wheelers and cars.

Honestly, I hadn’t thought about building an electric plane. Until I met Prof. Satya Chakravarthy.

Five years ago, I joined The ePlane Company to lead the Batteries & Electrical team, and the playbook was completely rewritten.

Taking batteries off the ground is a different beast. In a car, if a system faces an anomaly, you pull over. In aerospace, failure is absolute zero. The stakes are profoundly real.

For five years, we’ve engineered a dense, ultra-safe aerial powertrain from a blank slate. We waged a relentless war against weight and heat. Every gram shaved off and every microsecond of latency eliminated dictates how safely we lift humans into the sky.

Today, that hardware is officially out in the open.
Watching our custom high-voltage architecture power up the full-scale e200X PT-01... that adrenaline surge is like nothing else. All the math in the background has finally become physical reality.

I’m incredibly proud of our electrical team who poured their lives into this machine, and deeply grateful to the partners who believed in this vision early on.

We didn’t just build a battery; we built the heart of India’s first electric flying taxi.

e200X PT-01 is here. ⚡🚀 by @eplanecompany

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I became a designer before I knew what the word meant. It started with painting in the 2nd standard. By the 6th standard, a single page in the newspaper showing the Tata Nano concept gave that instinct direction. I realised then that good design gives people dignity.

My automobile engineering professors had already written me off: “He’ll only ever be a designer. He’ll never be an engineer.”

But in 2021, at The ePlane Company, I discovered they were wrong. Design and engineering aren’t opposite paths. They are the exact same thing.

An aircraft exists in a beautiful duality. One side is pure math, materials, and lift. The other is what a person actually touches, sees, and trusts. Today, alongside an incredible team, I lead Design & Experience. We shape how the controls fit a pilot’s hands and how safe a passenger feels in the quiet moments after lift-off. The most important design is the part you never notice, because it just feels right.

The kid who once saw a people’s car in a newspaper now gets to ask a bigger question: what does a people’s aircraft look like?

For years, this idea lived only in sketches, clay, and CAD. Now, it’s turning into real metal, carbon fibre, and glass. You can finally stand in front of it.

To the professors who said I’d only ever be a designer: you were right. I became a designer, but one who helps build aircraft. And to our Founder and Technical Lead, Professor Satya Chakravarthy, who believed in me, and to my brilliant team- thank you.

The quiet determination that turns daydreams into reality is the same force that makes an aircraft rise from the earth. The picture in my head is about to take flight.

e200X PT-01 is here. 🚀

#TheePlaneCompany #e200X #IndustrialDesign #AerospaceEngineering #DeepTech FutureOfFlight by @eplanecompany

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The future of emergency care is taking flight.

The collaboration between Apollo Hospitals and The ePlane Company marks the dawn of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in healthcare.

Short- flight, urban air ambulances, medical air corridors, and ubiquitous aerial mobility have the potential to compress response times, accelerate the movement of patients, organs, blood, and critical medical supplies, and redefine emergency care.

In healthcare, the scarcest resource isn't infrastructure, it's time. Every minute saved can mean a life saved.

Beyond healthcare, this is reimagining mobility itself, where distance becomes irrelevant and geography becomes history. This is yet another example of Indian science pursuing audacious innovation with real societal impact.

#ApolloHospitals #AirAmbulance #HealthcareInnovation #EmergencyCare PatientCare by @eplanecompany

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The ePlane Company has just unveiled the e200X PT-01, which has a range of about 110 km. This range is roughly the distance between Mumbai and Pune, or Chennai and Puducherry. The ePlane Company's long-term goal is to land future iterations of the e200X on standard urban rooftops, first for emergency services as an air ambulence, and then later for standard passengers and cargo. To accomplish this, they've made the e200X incredibly compact at just 8 metres by 11 metres. ePlane is planning to begin certified flight tests for this platform by this time next year — mid of 2027 — and while this is ePlane's first full-scale aircraft, they've actually done more than 10,000 kilometres of subscale test flights since 2021, first with their ATVA demonstrator which was 1/5th the scale of the e200X, and then with their heavy-lift drone called the e50. The ePlane Company was founded in 2019 by Dr. Satya Chakravarthy. taken in IIT Madras by @eplanecompany

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