the airbus vahana (sanskrit: "vāhana", literally means "vehicle") was an electric-powered eight-propeller vtol personal air vehicle prototype financed by acubed (pronounced “a-cubed”), by airbus and airbus urban mobility. the vahana project started in 2016 as one of the first projects at acubed, the advanced projects and partnerships outpost of airbus group in silicon valley. airbus "envision[s] vahana being used by everyday commuters as a cost-comparable replacement for short-range urban transportation like cars or trains". it was planned to be a part of urban air mobility. the project was finished in december 2019.