EHang Receives Pre-order for 50 Units of EH216 in Japan

  • Reading Time:2Minutes

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world’s leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced that AirX Inc. (“AirX”), a leading Japanese air mobility digital platform company, has placed a pre-order for 50 units of the EH216 AAV, marking the biggest pre-order EHang has received in Japan.

This reflects the growing recognition of EHang’s cutting-edge autonomous aircrafts in the industry. The pre-order of the EH216 AAVs are planned to facilitate various Urban Air Mobility (“UAM”) projects in Japan and may provide “air taxi” services for the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Kansai, Japan.

EHang and AirX pre-order contract signing ceremony
EHang and AirX pre-order contract signing ceremony

As the leading helicopter service platform provider in Japan, AirX has developed and operated reservation platforms for more than 100 helicopter sightseeing operating routes and private helicopter charters. Annually, the AirX platform can book over 2,000 helicopter sightseeing flights throughout Japan and over 200 chartered flights. Since establishment, AirX has served over 15,000 chartered flight customers.

Tezuka Kiwamu, Founder and CEO of AirX, said: “The low-altitude transportation and tourism market has great potential and broad prospects. By leveraging the advantages of autonomous flight technologies and centralized management, the EH216 AAVs can provide customers with cost-effective aerial sightseeing services, which is why AirX selects EHang as a partner in the global eVTOL market. We look forward to offering consumers safer and more convenient travel options with the EH216 in the future.”

Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chairman and CEO of EHang, said, “Our partnership with AirX marks a key milestone for us to further explore and develop the UAM market in Japan. We are very delighted to see an increasing number of air transportation partners are introducing EHang’s safe, autonomous and sustainable urban air mobility solutions to the general public.”

Source: EHang

Recent article

Drones News & Articles

DJI Neo: The future of selfie drones
read more

Drones News & Articles

US Navy deploys artificial intelligence
read more

News & Articles Propulsion-Fuel

The future of the hydrogen power train in aviation
read more

Drones News & Articles

New cargo drone can carry 3.2 tonnes
read more

Electric airplane News & Articles

Emerging Trends in Electric Aircraft
read more

EVTOL & VTOL News & Articles

The benefits of eVTOLs in mountain rescue
read more

Electric airplane News & Articles

Here is an all-electric aircraft
read more

Electric airplane News & Articles

The Impact of Electric Power on Aircraft Maintenance
read more

EVTOL & VTOL News & Articles

Criteria That EVTOL Manufacturers Aim to Meet
read more

Air taxi News & Articles

Stellantis to strengthen in air taxi
read more
More articles you may be interested in...

Flying Cars News & Articles

Orca is the Hungarian air ambulance

Air taxi News & Articles

Japanese flying taxis now almost have a timetable

It is no small risk to embark on such a large project when the regulatory framework is still very sketchy. It is likely that new standards will have to be developed for airport construction, and that air traffic management will become much more complex than it is now, with the.......... READ MORE

Drones News & Articles

Potential vulnerabilities of drone networks to cyberattacks and how they can be mitigated

The rapid integration of drones into various sectors, from logistics to agriculture and surveillance, is shaping a new era of.......... READ MORE

Additional aircraft News & Articles

Could modernised versions of airships return ?

News & Articles Propulsion-Fuel

Electricity, hydrogen and green kerosene planes are coming

A few years ago it would have been hard to imagine, but airlines have also.......... READ MORE

more

Additional aircraft News & Articles

Virgin Galactic’s new shuttle launches twice weekly flights into space

In a bold stride toward making space travel more accessible, Virgin Galactic has unveiled its ambitious plan to increase the frequency of its spaceflights with the introduction of the new Delta-class spacecraft. While the VSS Unity could accommodate flights roughly once a month, these cutting-edge.......... READ MORE

Additional aircraft News & Articles

Sexbomb, the hypersonic plane

Drones News & Articles

DJI Neo: The future of selfie drones

Flying Cars News & Articles

The Chinese flying car has taken off

The electric device, called X2, can travel for 35 minutes on a single charge. What.......... READ MORE

more

EVTOL & VTOL News & Articles

CAAC Established EH216 Type Certification Team to Further Advance Certification Process

EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”), the world's leading autonomous aerial vehicle (“AAV”) technology platform company, today announced that the Civil Aviation Administration of China ("CAAC") has established a “type certification” (“TC”) team for the EH216 passenger-grade AAV. The kickoff meeting was held in Guangzhou on April.......... READ MORE