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Watch Video: “EHang Launches UAM Exhibition Centre in Shenzhen’s Luohu District, Showcases Autonomous EH216‑S”

EHang recent­ly announced the launch of its Exhi­bi­tion (Expe­ri­ence) Cen­tre in Shenzhen’s Luo­hu Sports and Leisure Park, reports a press release. 

“It is the world’s first EH216‑S take­off and land­ing site fea­tur­ing a ful­ly auto­mat­ed ver­ti­cal-lift ver­ti­port,” explains the release. “And marks a new smart infra­struc­ture in Shen­zhen ded­i­cat­ed to the com­mer­cial oper­a­tions of the autonomous EH216‑S air­craft.”

This cut­ting-edge facil­i­ty reduces labour costs and opti­mis­es space usage via the auto­mat­ed oper­a­tions. The Cen­tre spans approx­i­mate­ly 753 square metres “with a first floor ded­i­cat­ed to a hangar and board­ing area, pro­vid­ing pas­sen­gers with an easy and com­fort­able expe­ri­ence,” con­tin­ues the release. “The inte­grat­ed take­off and land­ing pad with the hangar enables rapid charg­ing, there­by stream­lin­ing flight oper­a­tions.”

Dur­ing last week’s launch cer­e­mo­ny, an EH216‑S air­craft was lift­ed from the first to the sec­ond floor by the plat­form. It then took off and com­plet­ed a first flight over the Luo­hu Urban Air Mobil­i­ty (UAM) Cen­tre. The demon­stra­tion was well received by the watch­ing atten­dees.

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The release says, “The Luo­hu UAM Cen­tre is locat­ed near attrac­tions like “Shen­zhen’s First Peak” Wutong Moun­tain and Donghu Reser­voir, offer­ing abun­dant nat­ur­al moun­tain and lake scenery. This makes it an ide­al loca­tion for devel­op­ing low-alti­tude sight­see­ing tourism.”

Zhao Wang, EHang’s COO, com­ment­ed, “The Cen­tre and its ver­ti­cal-lift plat­form will serve as a cor­ner­stone of EHang’s oper­a­tions in Shenzhen’s low-alti­tude econ­o­my. We will con­tin­ue work­ing with our part­ners to devel­op and refine the low-alti­tude and ground econ­o­my and ground econ­o­my, pro­mot­ing advance­ment of the low-alti­tude econ­o­my in Shen­zhen and the Greater Bay Area.”

Togeth­er with its part­ners the Luo­hu Dis­trict Bureau of Cul­ture, Broad­cast­ing, Tourism, and Sports, EHang aims to pro­vide diverse ser­vice sce­nar­ios, includ­ing aer­i­al trans­porta­tion, cul­tur­al and tourism sight­see­ing, and tech­nol­o­gy expe­ri­ences.

Back­ground

The Luo­hu Dis­trict Low-Alti­tude Infra­struc­ture High-Qual­i­ty Con­struc­tion Plan (2024–2026) out­lines a com­pre­hen­sive approach to devel­op­ing low-alti­tude take­off and land­ing infra­struc­ture in the dis­trict. The Plan aims to build 100 sites by 2026, includ­ing 32 for pas­sen­ger-car­ry­ing air­craft. The Dis­trict has already estab­lished 15 ver­ti­ports for such air­craft, aim­ing to build a strong indus­try ecosys­tem for the low-alti­tude econ­o­my.

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(Images: EHang)

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