EHang launches new Hefei operations hub and vertiport – commercial operations “this year”

EHang Holdings Restricted has introduced the launch of a UAM Hub at Luogang Central Park in Hefei, Anhui Province, marking the second vertiport established in Luogang Park following the opening of the City Air Mobility Operations Centre in Might, which is able to function a key infrastructure for the long run operation of EH216-S pilotless passenger-carrying aerial automobiles.

“This hub additionally units a brand new milestone in EHang’s partnership with Hefei Metropolis within the low-altitude economic system sector and can function an indication mission for the business operations of electrical vertical takeoff and touchdown plane in Jap China,” mentioned the corporate in a press launch.

The launch occasion of the UAM Hub, high-energy solid-state battery know-how breakthrough and Hefei Low-Altitude Planning was held in Hefei on November 13.

“Titled “Ascend”, the UAM Hub’s upward spiral design symbolizes the rise of the eVTOL low-altitude economic system. It spans roughly 1,963 sq. meters and is designed to accommodate 10 to twenty items of EH216-S plane. It options a number of devoted zones for ticketing, passenger ready, boarding, and a command-and-control heart and charging and upkeep areas. It should present EH216-S flight companies for the general public in keeping with the operational commonplace after acquiring the Air Operator Certificates. The hub additionally serves the capabilities of upkeep and offers instructional companies.

“The UAM Hub will likely be operated by Hefei Heyi Aviation as a complement to a different UAM operation centre inaugurated in Might 2024 additionally inside Luogang Central Park. This operation centre is supplied to function 10 items of EH216-S plane and retailer as much as 50 eVTOL plane, enabling low-altitude shuttle flights inside the park.

On the launch occasions, the Hefei Municipal Authorities launched its Low altitude Infrastructure and Situation Software Plan for City Air Mobility, “proposing to determine a three-level infrastructure community for low altitude takeoff and touchdown in Hefei primarily based on software state of affairs companies, together with UAM hubs, UAM bases, and takeoff and touchdown factors, serving three important use instances of air shuttle, aerial tourism, and cross-district transportation within the metropolis’s important areas.”

Within the fourth quarter of 2023, EHang delivered 15 items of EH216-S to a Hefei buyer and efficiently carried out a debut business flight demonstration at Luogang Park in December 2023.

In March 2024, EHang and the Hefei Municipal Authorities collectively established Heyi Aviation, a low-altitude operations firm, to supervise implementation and operation of low-altitude initiatives in Hefei. In July, the Civil Aviation Administration of China formally accepted Heyi Aviation’s software for an Air Operator Certificates for civil pilotless passenger-carrying aerial automobiles.

“The primary OC within the eVTOL trade is anticipated to be obtained inside this 12 months,” mentioned EHang. “As soon as the OC is obtained, Heyi Aviation will launch business operations of the EH216-S pilotless passenger-carrying aerial automobiles throughout varied situations, together with sightseeing tourism, air shuttle, and aerial logistics on the Hub and the Operation Middle in Luogang Central Park, providing the general public environment friendly and handy UAM companies.”

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