Take a ride inside Ehang s fully autonomous, two seater air taxi
About an hours drive from the companys headquarters in Guangzhou, China, sits a test site for Ehangs autonomous aerial vehicles. Perched on the tarmac during CNBCs visit was the companys fully autonomous, twoseater air taxi. This is our EH216 model, and it is positioned for shortdistance transportation or sightseeing in the city, said Dong Wang, Ehangs vice president of technical research and development. His interview with CNBC Tech: The Edge has been translated into English from Mandarin. In October 2023, Ehang announced the EH216S AAV had secured a type certificate from the Civil Aviation Administration of China, the countrys equivalent to the Federal Aviation Administration in the United States a certification Wang said is a world first. The operation is fully automated. Its scheduling system runs on the server, so its route is automatically loaded, and then it carries out a completely automated route flight. The aircraft will cost 410, 000 overs
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