ePlane Builds Digital Twin For India's First Electric Air Taxi
23 Feb 2026 CW Team
The ePlane Company is building a high fidelity digital twin of the e200x aircraft using NVIDIA Omniverse libraries and the NVIDIA IGX platform for onboard computing. The work marks the first use in the subcontinent of Omniverse for multi physics digital twin modelling by an electric aviation original equipment manufacturer. ePlane is creating a hyper realistic representation of the aircraft to validate flight physics, autonomy algorithms and sensor fusion in simulated mission scenarios.\n\nEngineers are using physics accurate digital reality to simulate complex aerodynamic interactions and sensor responses that are difficult to reproduce physically. The digital twin enables teams to train autonomy stacks and test mission cases without risk by flying several million (mn) kilometres virtually and exposing systems to extreme weather, sensor failures and collision scenarios. This virtual testbed reduces the need for costly physical trials and accelerates iterative development of safety critical software.\n\nThe NVIDIA IGX platform will serve as the safety critical edge compute layer on the e200x, integrating cameras, radars and other sensors to run advanced data fusion, decision making and visualisation algorithms. ePlane and NVIDIA are treating the aircraft, its sensors and onboard computing as an integrated, certifiable system to support future type certification and operational approvals. The project relies on high performance computing and top tier graphics processing units to render multi physics simulations in real time and to support predictive maintenance analysis.\n\nIncubated at IIT Madras, ePlane holds the country's first Design Organisation Approval for a private electric aircraft and has operationalised a 60,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility in Chennai to build the compact flying taxi. The company said the collaboration will help develop an indigenous ecosystem for Urban Air Mobility and enable startups to scale with access to accelerated computing and scalable AI infrastructure. ePlane continues to lead development of electric aviation solutions that aim to alleviate urban congestion.