China’s EHang Plans First Dedicated E-port For eVTOL

Graham Warwick April 23, 2020
Two-seat EHang 216 autonomous eVTOL air taxis are to be used for tourism flights in Hezhou, China.
Credit: EHang
China’s EHang has partnered with the city of Hezhou in Guangxi province to build the first dedicated vertiport for its autonomous air vehicles (AAV). Two-seat EHang 216 air taxis will operate aerial tourism flights from the so-called E-port. Planned to be operational by year’s end, the three-story...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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