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CTOnews.com, August 22, according to Yihang Intelligent official account post, Yihang Intelligent EH216-S type unmanned aircraft has passed the final model approval test flight of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, and the final stage of compliance verification flight test of EH216-S UAV has been completed, officials said. This has created a new height in the field of airworthiness certification for the global electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL) industry.

▲ Tuyuan Ehang Intelligent official account officially announced, "as the core product of urban air traffic, Ehang Intelligent EH216-S, which adopts innovative technical concepts of self-driving, full backup and cluster management, is the world's first self-driving eVTOL model approval project. EH216-S not only fills the gap in self-driving airworthiness standards, but also marks an unprecedented new step for the entire eVTOL industry in the field of airworthiness certification."

Hu Huazhi, founder, chairman and CEO of Ehang Intelligence, said, "I would like to particularly thank the leaders at all levels of the Civil Aviation Administration of China and the review team for their tireless efforts, as well as the company's airworthiness team for their perseverance and never give up. It is everyone's professionalism, superb technology and unity and cooperation that have enabled us to achieve what we are today. I believe that the procedural work before the formal certification will be completed soon, which will pave the way for the next step of commercial operation of the company. "

▲ Tu Yuan Yihang Intelligent official account

▲ Tuyuan Yihang Intelligent official account CTOnews.com learned through inquiry that two and a half years have passed since the Civil Aviation Administration of China formally accepted the application for model certificate of EH216-S unmanned aerial vehicle system in January 2021, and now Yihang EH216-S unmanned aerial vehicle has passed the verification flight test for the first time, and the relevant steps have entered the closing stage, and the drone is about to enter the official commercial stage.

Yihang Intelligence said that at present, they have carried out a comprehensive layout for the next step of commercial operation. " In the past two years, under the guidelines of the Civil Aviation Administration of China, Ehang Intelligence has completed more than 9300 low-altitude tourism test flights at 20 outlets in 18 cities in China. These include Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhaoqing, Sanya and other well-known Chinese cities. In this process, Yihang Intelligent trained a well-trained AAV professional operation team, developed a set of digital urban air traffic (UAM) operation management and service platform, and accumulated rich, feasible and replicable trial operation experience.

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