Passengers take an aerial sightseeing tour in an EHang 216, a two-seater autonomous aerial vehicle, or AAV, in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, in May 2020. - (PHOTO PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY)
BEIJING (China Daily/Asia News Network): EHang Holdings Ltd, a leading technology company in autonomous aerial vehicles, or AAVs, is beefing up efforts to promote the commercial operations of passenger-carrying autonomous air taxis and expand its footprint in the global urban air mobility industry.
As an electric vertical takeoff and landing developer, EHang aims to be the first company to launch commercial AAV operations globally, which is likely to happen in the second half of this year, said Edward Xu, EHang's chief strategy officer.
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