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eVTOL completes demo flight over downtown Shanghai

19 January 2025
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2025-01-19 16:42

The EH216-S, a groundbreaking pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle, successfully completed its inaugural demo flight over downtown Shanghai, its manufacturer EHang announced Thursday.

The debut was a landmark moment for Ehang, based in south China’s Guangdong Province, as well as for the development of Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The manufacturer emphasized that the aircraft boasts ample redundancy to ensure passenger safety during flights.

Beyond tourism and passenger transit, EHang expects the model to have applications in urban logistics and even emergency response. The EH216-S is the world’s first eVTOL aircraft to have obtained a type certificate, production license, and standard airworthiness certificate and has completed over 56,000 safe test flights.

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