EHang Partners with Weihai High-Tech Zone to Establish Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Industrial Ecosystem
Shanghai (Gasgoo)- EHang, a leading Chinese urban air mobility (UAM) technology platform company, has recently announced a strategic project cooperation agreement with the Management Committee of Shandong province’s Weihai Torch High-tech Industrial Development Zone (Weihai High-Tech Zone) to collaborate on establishing a comprehensive industrial partnership in the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) domain.
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The collaboration includes a procurement agreement where EHang will supply an initial batch of 30 units of EH216-S unmanned passenger-carrying electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to Weihai High-Tech Zone Cultural Tourism Industry Investment Co., Ltd., with full payment already received.
EHang and Weihai High-Tech Zone will work together to establish an R&D and manufacturing base for unmanned passenger-carrying eVTOL aircraft in Shandong province, serving as EHang’s headquarters for smart UAV production in the region. Additionally, they will develop a low-altitude economy industrial park to promote the growth of the local low-altitude economy and cultural tourism sectors.
One of the key initiatives of the partnership is to create an aerial tourism experience product that combines scenic sightseeing with technological interactions. They plan to launch low-altitude tourism flight routes within the zone, integrating the low-altitude economy with local attractions, hotels, commercial districts, leisure parks, and camping businesses.
The collaboration also aims to pioneer low-altitude sightseeing projects at local tourist attractions, providing support in personnel training, infrastructure planning, route planning, and trial flights. They will work towards obtaining an air operator certificate to facilitate the commercial deployment of EH216-S in Weihai High-Tech Zone.
In line with Shandong province’s “Three-year Action Plan for High-Quality Development of Low-altitude Economy (2025-2027),” the partnership aims to establish digital low-altitude aircraft takeoff and landing platforms, benchmark low-altitude economy application scenarios, and intra-city unmanned aerial vehicle flight routes to achieve a 100 billion yuan low-altitude economy scale by 2027.
