In May 2024, Ehang’s EH216-S eVTOL successfully completed a series of UAE’s first passenger transport flights in Abu Dhabi (a demo flight) with approval from the UAE’s General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA).
- Range - Short-to-medium
- Travel Distance - 30 km
- Flight Time - 25 min on single charge
The UAV is capable of autonomous flight, which is pre-programmed to follow flight paths set by command control centers and is also part of an entire Unmanned Aircraft Cloud System (UACS) developed by EHang, which includes traffic management systems, flight plan processing, command-and-control, and flow control functions to manage a fleet of eVTOLs.