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    EHang Reaches Cooperation Agreement with Weihai High-Tech Zone in Shandong Province of China to Co-Develop Pilotless eVTOL Industrial Ecosystem

    BY Composights

    Published: 02 Jan 2025

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    Urban Air Mobility | eVtols |

    EHang Holdings Limited, the world’s leading Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology platform company, announced that the Company, as a leader in the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) sector, has signed a project cooperation agreement with the Management Committee of the Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of Weihai City (Weihai High-Tech Zone) in Shandong Province to establish comprehensive industry collaboration on pilotless eVTOLs in the new phase of rapid growth of low-altitude economy in China.

    As part of this collaboration, EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone Cultural and Tourism Industry Investment Co., Ltd. have finalized a purchase agreement for an initial batch of 30 units of the EH216-S pilotless passenger eVTOLs, with full payment for the order already completed. 

    Under the Agreement, both parties will work together to establish a pilotless passenger-carrying eVTOL research and development and manufacturing base in Shandong, which will serve as EHang’s production hub in the province. EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone will also jointly develop a low-altitude economy industrial park in the region, with the goal of promoting the integration of the local low-altitude economy with cultural tourism, and other regional industries, accelerating the development and clustering of the low-altitude economy industry in the Weihai High-Tech Zone.

    In terms of commercial operations, both parties will work together to create low-altitude tourism services that integrate scenic sightseeing and technological experiences, by planning and launching comprehensive low-altitude cultural tourism flight routes in Weihai High-Tech Zone. This initiative will advance the integration of the low-altitude economy with scenic spots, high-end hotels, commercial districts, leisure parks, and camping businesses, forming exemplary application scenarios for passenger sightseeing and low-altitude transportation, exploring and driving the development of the innovative business model of low-altitude tourism.

    EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone plan to launch low-altitude sightseeing services at key tourist sites, including Weihai International Beach, Xiaoshi Island, and Torch Eight Streets. The Company will assist the local operator Weihai High-Tech Zone Cultural and Tourism Industry Investment Co., Ltd. with personnel training, infrastructure and routes planning, trial flights, and preparations for applying for the Air Operator Certificate, accelerating the EH216-S commercial operations in Weihai High-Tech Zone. Weihai High-Tech Zone will actively coordinate government resources to facilitate favorable policies, application scenarios, manufacturing base and infrastructure facilities, with the aim to develop the local low-altitude industry.

    In November, Shandong Province unveiled its Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Low-Altitude Economy (2025–2027) (the “Plan”), aiming to establish 400 digital low-altitude aircraft takeoff-and-landing platforms, more than 10 benchmark low-altitude application scenarios, and launch over 50 intra-city unmanned aerial vehicle flight routes. The Plan also sets the goals for realizing commercial flights of pilotless passenger-carrying aircraft by 2027 with Shandong Province's low-altitude economy scale to target RMB100 billion by 2027. The cooperation between EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone will be a key driver to promote the high-quality development of low-altitude economy in Weihai City and Shandong Province with global influence and competitiveness in this sector.

     

    Source - www.ehang.com

    Home News EHang Reaches Cooperation Agreement with Weihai High-Tech Zone in Shandong Province of China to Co-Develop Pilotless eVTOL Industrial Ecosystem

    EHang Reaches Cooperation Agreement with Weihai High-Tech Zone in Shandong Province of China to Co-Develop Pilotless eVTOL Industrial Ecosystem

    BY Composights

    Published: 02 Jan 2025

    EHang Holdings Limited, the world’s leading Urban Air Mobility (UAM) technology platform company, announced that the Company, as a leader in the electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) sector, has signed a project cooperation agreement with the Management Committee of the Torch High-Tech Industrial Development Zone of Weihai City (Weihai High-Tech Zone) in Shandong Province to establish comprehensive industry collaboration on pilotless eVTOLs in the new phase of rapid growth of low-altitude economy in China.

    As part of this collaboration, EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone Cultural and Tourism Industry Investment Co., Ltd. have finalized a purchase agreement for an initial batch of 30 units of the EH216-S pilotless passenger eVTOLs, with full payment for the order already completed. 

    Under the Agreement, both parties will work together to establish a pilotless passenger-carrying eVTOL research and development and manufacturing base in Shandong, which will serve as EHang’s production hub in the province. EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone will also jointly develop a low-altitude economy industrial park in the region, with the goal of promoting the integration of the local low-altitude economy with cultural tourism, and other regional industries, accelerating the development and clustering of the low-altitude economy industry in the Weihai High-Tech Zone.

    In terms of commercial operations, both parties will work together to create low-altitude tourism services that integrate scenic sightseeing and technological experiences, by planning and launching comprehensive low-altitude cultural tourism flight routes in Weihai High-Tech Zone. This initiative will advance the integration of the low-altitude economy with scenic spots, high-end hotels, commercial districts, leisure parks, and camping businesses, forming exemplary application scenarios for passenger sightseeing and low-altitude transportation, exploring and driving the development of the innovative business model of low-altitude tourism.

    EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone plan to launch low-altitude sightseeing services at key tourist sites, including Weihai International Beach, Xiaoshi Island, and Torch Eight Streets. The Company will assist the local operator Weihai High-Tech Zone Cultural and Tourism Industry Investment Co., Ltd. with personnel training, infrastructure and routes planning, trial flights, and preparations for applying for the Air Operator Certificate, accelerating the EH216-S commercial operations in Weihai High-Tech Zone. Weihai High-Tech Zone will actively coordinate government resources to facilitate favorable policies, application scenarios, manufacturing base and infrastructure facilities, with the aim to develop the local low-altitude industry.

    In November, Shandong Province unveiled its Three-Year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of the Low-Altitude Economy (2025–2027) (the “Plan”), aiming to establish 400 digital low-altitude aircraft takeoff-and-landing platforms, more than 10 benchmark low-altitude application scenarios, and launch over 50 intra-city unmanned aerial vehicle flight routes. The Plan also sets the goals for realizing commercial flights of pilotless passenger-carrying aircraft by 2027 with Shandong Province's low-altitude economy scale to target RMB100 billion by 2027. The cooperation between EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone will be a key driver to promote the high-quality development of low-altitude economy in Weihai City and Shandong Province with global influence and competitiveness in this sector.

     

    Source - www.ehang.com