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EHang secures RMB113 Million order for 50 EH216‑S from Xishan Tourism, to jointly promote low-altitude economy in North China

EHang has signed a Mem­o­ran­dum of Under­stand­ing with Taiyuan Xis­han Eco­log­i­cal Tourism Invest­ment Con­struc­tion Co., Ltd. (Xis­han Tourism), to joint­ly devel­op the low-alti­tude econ­o­my in Taiyuan City, Shanxi Province, Chi­na.

Con­cur­rent­ly with the sign­ing of the MoU, Xis­han Tourism has placed a pur­chase order for 50 units of EHang’s EH216‑S pilot­less eVTOL air­craft, and has paid the total con­tract price of RMB113 mil­lion (USD15.6 mil­lion) to EHang.

Xis­han Tourism has also signed a pur­chase plan agree­ment for an addi­tion­al 450 units of EH216‑S over the next two years. These air­craft will be deployed for aer­i­al tourism, pas­sen­ger trans­porta­tion, and oth­er low-alti­tude use cas­es to facil­i­tate adop­tion and oper­a­tions of pilot­less eVTOL in North Chi­na.

Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chair­man and CEO of EHang, said: “As the Chi­nese gov­ern­ment con­tin­ues to sup­port the growth of low-alti­tude econ­o­my and eVTOL indus­try, we’re cap­i­tal­iz­ing on this momen­tum to fur­ther expand our pres­ence in the Chi­nese mar­ket and pre­pare for com­mer­cial UAM oper­a­tions.

“We’re delight­ed to secure this major order from Taiyuan and look for­ward to col­lab­o­rat­ing with our part­ners to estab­lish a bench­mark for low-alti­tude econ­o­my in the city, and grad­u­al­ly intro­duce more low-alti­tude use cas­es in Shanxi and extend it across North Chi­na.

“Our goal is to bring pilot­less eVTOLs to more cities and dri­ve the sus­tain­able growth of China’s low-alti­tude ecosys­tem.” 

Accord­ing to the MoU, EHang and Xis­han Tourism will devel­op a Low-Alti­tude Econ­o­my Indus­tri­al Park in Taiyuan, where they can estab­lish EHang’s com­mand-and-con­trol cen­ter, mar­ket­ing and exhi­bi­tion cen­ter, oper­a­tions cen­ter, after-sales ser­vice cen­ter and research insti­tute.

By com­bin­ing EHang’s advan­tages and exper­tise in the low-alti­tude econ­o­my sec­tor, with Xis­han Tourism’s rich cul­tur­al and tourism resources, the col­lab­o­ra­tion aims to estab­lish the largest eVTOL UAM oper­a­tion base in North Chi­na.

EHang and Xis­han Tourism plan to build EH216‑S low-alti­tude sight­see­ing demon­stra­tion cen­ters in the scenic areas of Xis­han Moun­tain and Fen­he Riv­er in Taiyuan ini­tial­ly, with fur­ther plans to grad­u­al­ly expand pilot­less eVTOLs appli­ca­tion to Shanxi Province and North Chi­na to stim­u­late the growth of the low-alti­tude indus­try in the region.

Yao­zong Chang, Cha­ri­man of Xis­han Tourism, said: “In close col­lab­o­ra­tion with EHang, we are poised to dri­ving the cre­ation of a new low-alti­tude econ­o­my ecosys­tem and to fur­ther enrich the ‘low-alti­tude + cul­tur­al tourism’ use cas­es under the guid­ance of the Xis­han Demon­stra­tion Zone.

“Mov­ing for­ward, we will expe­dite the devel­op­ment of a com­pre­hen­sive low-alti­tude econ­o­my ecosys­tem, encom­pass­ing research and devel­op­ment, man­u­fac­tur­ing, oper­a­tions, and ser­vices, with the aim of estab­lish­ing a flag­ship low-alti­tude econ­o­my indus­tri­al park with nation­al influ­ence.”

Shanxi Province has been des­ig­nat­ed as a nation­al demon­stra­tion province for the devel­op­ment of the gen­er­al avi­a­tion indus­try, and Taiyuan City is one of the nation­al civ­il unmanned avi­a­tion demon­stra­tion zones that boast fer­tile ground for avi­a­tion as a con­ducive envi­ron­ment for the growth of low-alti­tude econ­o­my devel­op­ment.

Ear­li­er this year in April, a del­e­ga­tion from Shanxi provin­cial gov­ern­ment vis­it­ed EHang’s head­quar­ters.

Dur­ing the vis­it, Mr. Xiangjun Jin, Gov­er­nor of Shanxi Province, high­ly com­mend­ed EHang’s pio­neer­ing efforts and achieve­ments for the low-alti­tude econ­o­my, said: “The low-alti­tude econ­o­my is a rep­re­sen­ta­tive of new pro­duc­tive forces and serves as a new track for indus­tri­al devel­op­ment as well as a new engine dri­ving eco­nom­ic growth.

“We hope that EHang’s exper­tise in com­mer­cial­iz­ing the low-alti­tude econ­o­my would be a valu­able source of inspi­ra­tion and ref­er­ence for Shanx­i’s devel­op­ment in this area.”

(Main Pic­ture: EHang and Xis­han Tourism signed the MoU and pur­chase order)

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Jason Pritchard

Jason Pritchard is the Editor of eVTOL Insights. He holds a BA from Leicester's De Montfort University and has worked in Journalism and Public Relations for more than a decade. Outside of work, Jason enjoys playing and watching football and golf. He also has a keen interest in Ancient Egypt.

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