We Are One Step Closer To Drone Delivery And A Flying Taxi

EHang is a world’s leading autonomous air vehicle technology company based in Guangzhou, China which manufactures autonomous air vehicles. This Guangzhou based company’s mission is to make safe, environment-friendly air mobility and making it accessible to everyone. EHang provides commercial solutions to its customers in various industries and provides Autonomous Air Vehicle products.

EHang 184 came into being in 2016

EHang in 2016 launched the EHang 184 which is considered as the world’s very first AAV at the consumer Electronics show EHang 184 was able to carry passengers. The company also announced its plans in collaboration with Dubai’s Road & Transportation Agency in order to introduce a flying taxi but it failed.

The business is situated in Guangzhou has also collaborated with Nevada’s Institute for Autonomous systems for making a taxi that can easily carry a passenger for around 23 minutes. Furthermore, EHang has signed an agreement with the city of Lyon, France to establish a center over there. Moreover, EHang was registered on the NASDAQ and was given a symbol of EH and partnered with Llíria to develop a solution for air mobility.

The purpose behind introducing EHang 184

EHang, a company situated in Guangzhou, is generally known for its goals and aspirations to make flying taxis a truth. Being one of the best drone taxi manufacturers is now planning to trial lifting heavy objects for the very first time which means that the companies selling larger items online can also deliver those purchased items to home in the future. EHang has now obtained the world’s first commercial license for testing using the latest model of its passenger grade thrones to deliver large items of more than 150 kg. The government of China has permitted EHang for conducting tests for carrying a cargo of about 150 kg which is equal to the weight of an adult male panda.

The Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has also accepted the tests of Ehang’s 216 flying cars. The company while giving a statement on Wednesday said that the acceptance by the CAAC has made them the world’s first company which is approved by its Aviation authority conduct commercial trials of drone’s deliveries which loads more than 150 kg.

With CAAC’S approval, the tests at first will transport cargo to islands and hills that are difficult to access by using other modes of transportation to enlarge drop zone locations as data is gathered and flying experience extends as well. Therefore, the tests will be carries out initially carried out in Taizhou’s customer site in the middle of the shore and islands, which is a city situated in the province of Zhenjiang The EHang co. in the other statement added that it is planning to moderately expand all those trials to other Chinese sites.

Drones which are usually small robots that can be easily controlled by the remote have become more conventional in the area of air logistics in recent years.

Drone deliveries becoming pertinent during the pandemic

Ecommerce giants like Amazon and JD.com have been carrying out experiments for drone deliveries from some time but these robot deliveries have become extremely pertinent during the COVID-19 pandemic attempts to prevent the spread of deadly coronavirus through person to person contact. In countries like China, e-commerce websites like JD.com and delivering apps like Meituan Dianping are the companies that have installed many autonomous vehicles including vehicles like drones for deliveries during coronavirus pandemic while in other developed countries like the US, Google wing drone delivery system is using drones to deliver toilet papers and medicines to the residents of the state of Virginia.

However, these drones which are being used during the COVID pandemic are small as compared to EHang’s 216 models and cannot carry passengers and heavy loads and also to deliver them.

EHang’s founder said that called CAAC’S approval a ‘great significance’ as it will hasten up the commercialization of AAV technology and air mobility solutions for logistics. HI in a statement said, “It also lays a foundation for regulators around the world to jointly explore and establish a coordinated, supportive and sustainable regulatory environment,”

EHang is also making the use of unmanned aerial vehicles for transporting tourists to hotels in rural china.

EHang in another statement said their propeller drones can tackle 300-meter vertical climbs and can reach speeds of just over 80mph.

EHang’s two-passenger drones are probable to cost between £143,000 and £241,000 have an altitude ceiling of 3,000 meters (1.86 miles)Li Jian, a CAAC worker while commenting on the CAAC’s decision of granting license said that these passenger drones created by EHang will be an efficient and well-organized solution for delivering cargo.

EHang 216 flies at a very fast speed of 130kph

With a speed of approximately 100kph (kilometers per hour), which is almost 62 mph (meters per hour), the EHang 216 is capable of flying at a speed of about 130kph. The craft because of its batteries can stay up in the sky for twenty-one minutes. The craft can also fly in the sky for about 70kph. In addition to it, the drone is constructed with tautology in mind so if anything doesn’t go as per the strategy with the drone, it will still land safely.

EHang, an aerospace company founded in 2014 by Huazhi Hu, Yifang (Derrick) Xiong at Guangzhou, China (headquarters) describes itself as the world’s first developer of passenger grade, electric autonomous aerial vehicles. The company has also collaborated with the Shenzhen-listed tourism platform company to create the world’s first passenger themed hotel, which will give opportunities to the tourists to travel on EHang’s flying taxis. Once there will be more hotels, it will also increase employment and will benefit the overall country.

EHang Desires

The company wishes that the acceptance of its drone system by CAAC will further advance the development of many other related projects around the globe will also create opportunities for the regulators to perform in order to create a harmonized and supportive environment.

Originally published at https://audiovisualaoce.com on June 8, 2020.