FeaturedNews

EHang Collaborates with Guangzhou City to Promote Development of Low-Altitude Economy

EHang announced this week it has signed a strate­gic coop­er­a­tion agree­ment with the Man­age­ment Com­mit­tee of Guangzhou Air­port Eco­nom­ic Zone, Admin­is­tra­tive Com­mit­tee of Eco­nom­ic and Tech­no­log­i­cal Devel­op­ment Dis­trict as well as the Guangzhou Auto­mo­bile Group, to pro­mote the devel­op­ment of a low-alti­tude econ­o­my (LAE) for fly­ing taxis, reports a press release. 

The release explains, “All par­ties will ful­ly lever­age their respec­tive strengths and resources to joint­ly cre­ate a robust low-alti­tude indus­try ecosys­tem, which will con­tribute to Guangzhou’s lead­er­ship in the tril­lion-dol­lar low-alti­tude sec­tor and facil­i­tate the high-qual­i­ty devel­op­ment of the low-alti­tude econ­o­my.”

Mean­while, GAC Group, one of the largest auto­mo­bile man­u­fac­tur­ers in Chi­na, is to part­ner with EHang for R&D, pro­duc­tion, sales and oth­er LAE areas using the automaker’s man­u­fac­tur­ing and indus­tri­al chain “to accel­er­ate the pro­duc­tion, adop­tion and mar­ket expan­sion for the 216‑S UAV.”

The Man­age­ment Com­mit­tee of Guangzhou Air­port Eco­nom­ic Zone and the Devel­op­ment Dis­trict Admin­is­tra­tive Com­mit­tee will ini­tial­ly focus on air­space man­age­ment, infra­struc­ture devel­op­ment and pol­i­cy sup­port “to car­ry out the delin­eation of low-alti­tude air­space and air routes, estab­lish low-alti­tude flight ser­vice sta­tions, and pro­mote deep coop­er­a­tion between the gov­ern­ment and enter­pris­es,” con­tin­ues the release. “The ini­tia­tive will pro­vide sup­port to EHang and GAC Group for their tech­nol­o­gy research and devel­op­ment, pro­duc­tion, and pro­mo­tion for prod­uct appli­ca­tions in Guangzhou.”

EHang’s EH216‑S pas­sen­ger-car­ry­ing UAV flew in the Jiu­long Lake Park, Huang­pu dis­trict, Guangzhou

Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chair­man and CEO of EHang, com­ment­ed, “With close col­lab­o­ra­tion among all par­ties, we will explore new hori­zons in the pro­duc­tion and man­u­fac­tur­ing, sales and mar­ket­ing, as well as the com­mer­cial oper­a­tion of EHang’s pas­sen­ger-car­ry­ing UAVs, inject­ing strong momen­tum into the devel­op­ment of the low-alti­tude indus­try in Guangzhou and empow­er­ing fur­ther leaps in Chi­na’s low-alti­tude econ­o­my.”

The Guangzhou Eco­nom­ic and Tech­no­log­i­cal Devel­op­ment Dis­trict and the Huang­pu dis­trict of Guangzhou have already issued “10 Mea­sures for the Low-Alti­tude Indus­try” and detailed poli­cies to encour­age and sup­port this devel­op­ment with rewards and sub­si­dies. 

This is a result of China’s strat­e­gy to gen­er­ate new indus­tries, mod­els and momen­tum as well as to devel­op greater qual­i­ty pro­duc­tiv­i­ty with dis­rup­tive and pro­gres­sive tech­nolo­gies. In par­tic­u­lar, this coop­er­a­tion will add strength for build­ing the LAE indus­try in the Greater Bay Area of Guang­dong Province.

For more infor­ma­tion

www.ehang.com

(Images: EHang/GAC)

For the lat­est news, insights and con­tent regard­ing the glob­al Advanced Air Mobil­i­ty mar­ket, please join the fol­low­ing eVTOL Insights chan­nels: What­sAppSig­nalFace­bookInsta­gramSpo­ti­fyApple Pod­castsYouTubeand LinkedIn.

eVTOL Insights is part of the Industry Insights Group. Registered in the UK. Company No: 14395769