China’s EHang Launches ‘5G Intelligent’ eVTOL Center

The new 5G-connected vertiport and maintenance hub will serve electric hovering aircraft in Guangzhou.

Tuesday, January 04, 2022 at 02:37 PM ET

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An EHang eVTOL takes flight at a new 5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Center in Guangzhou, China. [Courtesy EHang]

Key Takeaways:

EHang launched a new "5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Center" in Guangzhou, China, which functions as an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vertiport and maintenance facility.
The center is designed to foster an urban air mobility (UAM) ecosystem, supporting trial operations for passenger transportation, aerial sightseeing, logistics, and "smart city" management applications.
This hub, developed in partnership with GDDCI, features rooftop takeoff/landing capabilities, a maintenance hangar, and integrated infrastructure for seamless transfers between eVTOLs and ground transport, aiming to make Guangzhou a UAM model city.

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China’s EHang (NASDAQ:EH) has launched a new electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vertiport and maintenance facility in China’s urban air mobility (UAM) test city, Guangzhou.

The new hub—named the 5G Intelligent Air Mobility Experience Center—includes rooftop takeoff and landing capability for automated aerial vehicles (AAV) as well as a hangar for charging batteries and other required maintenance. The project is part of the city’s developing “intelligent air mobility ecosystem.”