# AutoFlight's CarryAll flies unmanned tea run over Guizhou mountains

Canonical page: https://technooptimist.io/stories/autoflight-s-carryall-flies-unmanned-tea-run-over-guizhou-mountains-5d8a6e41
Date: 17 Apr 2026
About: [AutoFlight](https://technooptimist.io/companies/autoflight.md) · [CarryAll (autonomous cargo eVTOL)](https://technooptimist.io/aviation/carryall.md)
Original source: https://en.prnasia.com/releases/apac/autoflight-completes-first-2-ton-class-evtol-tea-delivery-in-china-529518.shtml

AutoFlight flew its CarryAll cargo eVTOL without a pilot between two Guizhou cities, carrying fresh spring tea. The tea then went on by high-speed rail to Shanghai, and the company says the combined air and rail route delivered it the same day.

## Key facts

- The eVTOL leg covered about 120 km between Anshun and Guiyang in 37 minutes over mountainous terrain.
- The rail leg from Guiyang to Shanghai is nearly 2,000 km.
- The release gives the aircraft's maximum payload as 400 kg but does not state the load carried on this flight.
- AutoFlight says it will extend the air-plus-rail model to more specialty agricultural regions with partners.

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