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Cora (later Wisk Cora, 5th generation)
Photo: Richard Lord, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
RetiredUnited StatesFully autonomous

Kitty Hawk / Zephyr Airworks · air taxi

Cora

later Wisk Cora, 5th generation

A two-seat, all-electric autonomous air taxi with 12 lift rotors and a rear pusher propeller, flown uncrewed in New Zealand. It preceded Wisk's Gen 6 aircraft.

Price
—Not published
Autonomy
Autonomous modeHow it runs
Driverless
TestingSince 2017
Fleet
—Not published
Speed
177.0 km/hFaster than 75%
Range
—Not published

Why it matters

A retired vehicle from Kitty Hawk / Zephyr Airworks (later Wisk Aero).

Real-world use

Uncrewed test flights in New Zealand from late 2017 and in California.

Timeline

First shown
2018-03-12
Released
Not yet
Public reveal by Kitty Hawk in New Zealand

How it drives

Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.

Driverless status
Driverless tests only
Where it runs
New Zealand and California (test flights)
Driverless since
2017

How it stacks up

Against other air taxis that publish the figure. Pick a measure.

  1. Wisk Gen 6Wisk Aero (Boeing subsidiary; Archer acquisition announced August 2026) · 2022222.0 km/h
  2. Cora (later Wisk Cora, 5th generation)Kitty Hawk / Zephyr Airworks (later Wisk Aero) · 2018177.0 km/h
  3. VahanaA³ by Airbus · 2018170.0 km/h
  4. EH216-SEHang · 2023130.0 km/h
  5. EHang 184EHang · 2016100.0 km/h

Cora (later Wisk Cora, 5th generation) is faster than 75% of the 4 other air taxis that publish a speed. Bars show the 4 closest in date.

Speed 177.0 km/h 100.0 km/h222.0 km/h #2 of 5 · faster than 75%

Not published by the maker: height, weight, payload, joints, battery, price.

Public attention

A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.

  • No Wikipedia article of its own yet
  • No recent press stories listed yet

Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured

What’s inside

No component details published yet.

Movement
Other movement
How it runs
Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.

From the maker

Cora (later Wisk Cora, 5th generation) is the only vehicle from Kitty Hawk / Zephyr Airworks (later Wisk Aero) in the atlas.

Made, sold and where

No production or sales figures published yet.

Price
Not published
How to get one
No official buying page found

Sources

Figures come from press coverage. Every link below backs something on this page.

Vertiflite / eVTOL News Meet Cora electrive Kitty Hawk and Air New Zealand to develop air taxi service Wisk Aero Our History: Generation 5 (Cora)

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