Post by account_disabled on Mar 7, 2024 5:13:09 GMT -6
Guangzhou, China-based EHang has just announced the cancellation of its “EHang Yunfu Investor Day” due to stricter travel restrictions due to the pandemic. The flip side is that the company has now released a video of its fully operational production plant in Yunfu City for investors and the world to see.
The company, which refers to itself as "the world's leading autonomous aerial vehicle ("AAV") technology platform company" in a press release announcing the cancellation, has carried several people inside its eVTOL aircraft in autonomous mode, including its CEO.
EHang Flying Taxi Factory
The production plant of the future
That progress in crewed flight sets EHang apart from other flying taxi companies, such as Joby Aero Inc. which is still conducting unmanned test flights, and Volocopter , which conducted its first crewed test flight just last month and has aims to begin providing its services in Paris and Singapore by
In its new video, the video shows EHang's flying taxi factory fully operational. Machines at the ,-square-foot (,-square-meter) factory in Yunfu are seen producing the parts needed to build EHang's autonomous flying taxis and its VT intercity planes, both two-seaters. The video (which can be seen below) offers a tantalizing glimpse of the manufacturing plant of the future, as the fly C Level Executive List ing taxis' bodies are painted, wings are installed and propulsion systems are tested, among other manufacturing processes. eVTOL.
The first flying taxi industry has echoes of the space race
Last year, EHang announced it was partnering with local governments in Spain and Norway to test its all-electric flying taxi technologies and launch a -pound ( kg) payload delivery drone. The company aims to build a large global presence and has help from the Chinese government, which has given EHang some leeway when it comes to testing its systems. China hopes to strengthen its position as a global leader in drone technologies amid a surge in flying taxi startups.
As New Atlas points out, there are similarities between the Russia-US space race and the current battle for eVTOL dominance. The US military, uncomfortable with the idea of hundreds of Chinese-made drones flying through US airspace with autonomous camera systems attached, has started the Agility Prime program aimed at providing early funding and testing opportunities for US eVTOL companies.
Of course, all companies, whether from the US, China, or elsewhere, will need to be fully FAA/EASA certified before they can claim dominance in the global flying taxi market. In any case, EHang's latest video shows us that we are incredibly close to seeing the air taxi revolution take off.
The company, which refers to itself as "the world's leading autonomous aerial vehicle ("AAV") technology platform company" in a press release announcing the cancellation, has carried several people inside its eVTOL aircraft in autonomous mode, including its CEO.
EHang Flying Taxi Factory
The production plant of the future
That progress in crewed flight sets EHang apart from other flying taxi companies, such as Joby Aero Inc. which is still conducting unmanned test flights, and Volocopter , which conducted its first crewed test flight just last month and has aims to begin providing its services in Paris and Singapore by
In its new video, the video shows EHang's flying taxi factory fully operational. Machines at the ,-square-foot (,-square-meter) factory in Yunfu are seen producing the parts needed to build EHang's autonomous flying taxis and its VT intercity planes, both two-seaters. The video (which can be seen below) offers a tantalizing glimpse of the manufacturing plant of the future, as the fly C Level Executive List ing taxis' bodies are painted, wings are installed and propulsion systems are tested, among other manufacturing processes. eVTOL.
The first flying taxi industry has echoes of the space race
Last year, EHang announced it was partnering with local governments in Spain and Norway to test its all-electric flying taxi technologies and launch a -pound ( kg) payload delivery drone. The company aims to build a large global presence and has help from the Chinese government, which has given EHang some leeway when it comes to testing its systems. China hopes to strengthen its position as a global leader in drone technologies amid a surge in flying taxi startups.
As New Atlas points out, there are similarities between the Russia-US space race and the current battle for eVTOL dominance. The US military, uncomfortable with the idea of hundreds of Chinese-made drones flying through US airspace with autonomous camera systems attached, has started the Agility Prime program aimed at providing early funding and testing opportunities for US eVTOL companies.
Of course, all companies, whether from the US, China, or elsewhere, will need to be fully FAA/EASA certified before they can claim dominance in the global flying taxi market. In any case, EHang's latest video shows us that we are incredibly close to seeing the air taxi revolution take off.