GUANGZHOU, China, Jan. 21, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — EHang Holdings Restricted (EHang or the Firm) (Nasdaq: EH), the world’s main City Air Mobility (UAM) expertise platform firm, introduced the launch of its Exhibition (Expertise) Heart in Shenzhen’s Luohu Sports activities and Leisure Park. It’s the world’s first EH216-S takeoff and touchdown web site that includes a totally automated vertical raise vertiport. It additionally marks a brand new sensible infrastructure in Shenzhen devoted to the business operations of the EH216-S pilotless passenger-carrying aerial car, establishing a groundbreaking mannequin for electrical vertical takeoff and touchdown (eVTOL) plane operations in city areas.
(Picture: The Luohu UAM Exhibition (Expertise) Heart)
The Luohu UAM Heart, designed by EHang, boasts an automatic three-dimensional vertical raise vertiport. This progressive facility reduces labor prices and optimizes area utilization by means of its automated operations. The Luohu UAM Heart, spanning roughly 753 sq. meters, has introduced this superior design to life. The primary flooring is devoted to a hangar and boarding space, offering passengers with a seamless and cozy expertise. The built-in takeoff and touchdown pad with the hangar permits fast charging, thereby streamlining flight operations. Through the launch ceremony on January 21, an EH216-S plane was lifted from the primary to the second flooring by the vertical raise platform. It then took to the skies, finishing a lap over the Luohu Sports activities and Leisure Park earlier than touchdown easily, marking its first flight on the Luohu UAM Heart. The demonstration acquired widespread acclaim from attendees.
(Picture: EH216-S flying on the Luohu UAM Exhibition (Expertise) Heart)
(Picture: EHang EH216-S’s First Automated Vertiport)
The Luohu District Low-Altitude Infrastructure Excessive-High quality Development Plan (2024-2026) outlines a complete method to creating low-altitude takeoff and touchdown infrastructure within the district. The Plan goals to construct 100 takeoff and touchdown websites by 2026, together with 32 takeoff and touchdown amenities for passenger-carrying plane. As Luohu District’s first sensible UAM operation heart, it’s going to present a stable basis for the business operations of the district’s low-altitude economic system, serving as an illustration mannequin for low-altitude economic system improvement and a brand new landmark for cultural and tourism initiatives. The low-altitude economic system is a strategic rising and a key focus for future improvement prioritized by Shenzhen’s Luohu District. At present, Luohu District is taking complete initiatives to creating the low-altitude economic system, together with top-level planning, coverage help, infrastructure improvement, demonstration of utility eventualities, market participant cultivation, and expertise coaching. The District has already established 15 vertiports for passenger-carrying plane, aiming to construct a strong business ecosystem for the low-altitude economic system.
（Image: The Luohu UAM Exhibition (Expertise) Center）
The Luohu UAM Heart is situated close to points of interest like “Shenzhen’s First Peak” Wutong Mountain and Donghu Reservoir, providing plentiful pure mountain and lake surroundings. This makes it a great location for creating low-altitude sightseeing tourism. Via the Luohu UAM heart, EHang will additional deepen its strategic cooperation with the Luohu District Bureau of Tradition, Broadcasting, Tourism, and Sports activities, which started final January. Along with its companions, EHang goals to offer numerous service eventualities, together with aerial transportation, cultural and tourism sightseeing, and expertise experiences, to advance progressive enterprise fashions for the low-altitude economic system in Luohu District and Shenzhen.
(Picture: The Inauguration Ceremony of the Shenzhen Luohu UAM Exhibition (Expertise) Heart)
Mr. Zhao Wang, EHang’s Chief Working Officer, said: In collaboration with our companions, EHang has established operational infrastructure for EH216-S plane in cities comparable to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hefei, Wuxi, Taiyuan, and Wenzhou Wencheng. The Luohu UAM Heart, that includes an automatic vertical raise platform design, represents an progressive method to infrastructure improvement for the low-altitude economic system. It would function a cornerstone of EHang’s operations in Shenzhen’s low-altitude economic system. Leveraging our first-mover benefit within the eVTOL sector, we are going to proceed working with our companions in Shenzhen to develop and refine the built-in progress of the low-altitude economic system and floor economic system. Our efforts intention to advertise high-quality development of the low-altitude economic system in Shenzhen and the Better Bay Space, offering a invaluable reference for secure and environment friendly eVTOL operations nationwide and globally.”
Watch the video of the Luohu UAM Exhibition (Experience) Center with the first automated smart eVTOL vertiport for EH216-S: https://youtu.be/Q2ZWRywRdBY
About EHang
EHang (Nasdaq: EH) is the world’s leading urban air mobility (UAM) technology platform company. Our mission is to enable safe, autonomous, and eco-friendly air mobility accessible to everyone. EHang provides customers in various industries with unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) systems and solutions: air mobility (including passenger transportation and logistics), smart city management, and aerial media solutions. EHang’s flagship product EH216-S has obtained the world’s first type certificate, production certificate and standard airworthiness certificate for pilotless eVTOL issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. As the forerunner of cutting-edge UAV technologies and commercial solutions in the global UAM industry, EHang continues to explore the boundaries of the sky to make flying technologies benefit our life in smart cities. For more information, please visit www.ehang.com.
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