EHang Added to FTSE Russell Global Equity Index Series

GUANGZHOU, China, Sept. 08, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announces that the Company’s stock will be added as a constituent of the FTSE Russell Global Equity Index Series (“FTSE GEIS”), following FTSE’s most recent semi-annual review. The inclusions in the three indexes listed below will become effective after the close of business on Friday, September 17, 2021.

The space shuttle that can take off several times a day is ready

The Mk-II Aurora aircraft, developed by Dawn Aerospace, is expected to be as reusable as Elon Musk’s space rockets. After years of development work, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and Virgin Galactic front man Richard Branson have recently reached the edge of space. They will soon be joined by a lesser known Stefan Powell, whose company is developing a very special flying machine.

Chinese flying car could conquer the skies

XPeng Huitian, the Chinese division of XPeng Motors, has unveiled a prototype of its new flying car with autonomous capabilities. Dubbed the Voyager X2, the electric vehicle is the company’s fifth generation flying car, which it says takes it one step closer to a more widely available and safe flying car.

EU regulation on drones and models

The new EU legislation, which will come into force on 1 January 2021, has been criticised for lumping together modelers and drones, and models (officially known as model aircraft) and drones, forcing modelers to comply with rules that were only “imposed” on them, apparently, because of the mass emergence of drones and the new regulation. The issue is, as is usual in such a complex area of regulation, much more complex.