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EHang will fly with Japanese passenger drones till 2023

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EHang Holdings Limited (Nasdaq: EH) (“EHang” or the “Company”) announced that the company’s flagship model, EHang 216, has been successfully tested in Japan. The successful unmanned and autonomous experiment served to “present safe, autonomous, environmentally friendly urban air mobility solutions (” UAM “),” says a press release from EHang. The test was the first passenger-grade Advanced Aviation Vehicle (AAV) approved by Japan’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (“MLIT”) for outdoor test flights in Japan.

Mr. Sugihara Yohei, Secretary to Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato Katsunobu, attended the hearing and gave a speech on his behalf pledging further support for urban air mobility in Japan Market brought projects and carried out research and development and demonstration projects. As a government, we will actively improve aviation regulations while providing timely and appropriate support to private companies. ”

Mr. Hashimoto Gaku, Member of the Japanese House of Representatives, said, “I am very pleased that Japan’s first flying car test flight took place in the country of Okayama. We have high expectations of flying cars as the new generation for the growth industries. We look forward to developing flying cars as social services through public-private collaborations. “

Japan is rapidly moving towards the introduction of passenger drones. “In 2018 the Japanese government founded the” Public-Private Council for Air Transportation Revolution “and formulated a roadmap for the revolution in air transport,” says the EHang press release. According to the roadmap, the MLIT’s Civial Aviation Bureau is working on regulations and processes with the goal of starting the commercial transport of goods and people in passenger drones by 2023.

Last month, the Japanese government set up the Next Generation Aviation Mobility planning office to focus on the needs of industry, regulators and local governments.

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