Ehang

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Guangzhou EHang Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd
legal form Limited
founding 2014
Seat Guangzhou , People's Republic of ChinaChina People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China 
management Huazhi Hu
Number of employees 233
sales 9.7 M $
Branch Aviation
Consumer
Electronics Robotics
Transportation
Website www.ehang.com
Status: 2020

EHang , Guangzhou EHang Intelligent Technology Co. Ltd (previously: Beijing Yi-Hang Creation Science & Technology Co., Ltd .; Chinese: 北京 亿 航 创世 科技 有限公司) is the marketing name of a manufacturer for a range of electrically powered, vertical taking off and landing aircraft (eVTOL) s. The head office is in Guangzhou , China . Remote-controlled EHang aircraft are currently being used in China for aerial photography, photography and surveying. Since 2016, EHang has also been developing drones that are able to transport passengers ( autonomous flying taxis ).

history

Ehang 184 was presented at the Consumer Electronics Show in 2016 and is the world's first passenger drone . The company announced plans in 2017 for the Dubai Roads and Transport Authority to launch an autonomous air taxi service from summer 2017. However, there was no news of such an introduction until November 2017. The company was also involved in a project by the Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems that was working on a drone taxi. The aim was to use the Ehang 184 drone to transport a single passenger for up to 23 minutes. In November 2018, an agreement was signed with the city of Lyon , France , to open a research center there. At the same time, a collaboration was agreed with the Austrian aerospace group FACC in order to further advance the development, certification and production for EHang in Europe . EHang has been listed on NASDAQ with the symbol EH since December 12, 2019 . On March 18, 2020, EHang agreed a strategic partnership with the Spanish city ​​of Llíria . An urban air mobility solution is to be developed. Tourism is included as well as logistics deliveries. The City Council and EHang will also work with the Spanish Aviation Safety and Security Agency. Llíria is already the second city in Spain that EHang has signed an agreement with.

The city of Hezhou in Guangxi Province , China, first used the EHang 216 to combat and prevent the corona epidemic in February 2020 . As a test flight, an emergency medical package was brought to a hospital over a distance of 4 km. Both the outward and return flights took place without a pilot and unmanned with autonomous control.

Unmanned aerial vehicles

Ghost / Ghost 2.0

Ghost is a quadrocopter that was developed by EHang in a typical quadrotor layout with a pair of runners as the landing gear. Unlike most other multi-rotors, the rotors sit below and not above the arm tips. Ghost is primarily intended for aerial photography missions and is controlled from a smartphone. The full name of the device is Ghost Intelligent Aerial Robot .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
length 0.36 m
width 0.35 m
Dimensions 0.68 kg
Top speed 60 km / h
Range 16 km
Max. Flight duration 8 - 13 min
drive 4 electric motors
4 propellers

Hexacopter

EHang Hexacopter is a new UAV that was developed by EHang and has not yet been named. This hexacopter was presented to the public for the first time in August 2014 at the TechCrunch in Beijing. The yet to be named hexacopter consists of a carbon fiber reinforced plastic with a pair of runners as a landing gear. The arms of this hexacopter are curved, in contrast to the straight arms of most multi-rotors currently on the market. It is controlled via a laptop.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
Range 5 km
Max. Flight duration 30 - 40 min
drive 6 electric motors,
6 propellers

Autonomous flying taxis

E slope 184

The first passenger drone: Ehang 184

The EHang 184 is an autonomous flying taxi that can reach speeds of over 100 km / h. EHang announced that it started carrying passengers in 2015. Before footage was released in February 2018, more than 1,000 test flights were conducted in three years, including some in difficult conditions, storm winds, poor visibility, at night, 300 m above the ground and with dummies. The drone has eight propellers on four arms. By July 2018, 30 - 40 single-seaters of the EHang 184 type had been built.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 0, self-steering
Passengers 1
length 6.87 m
width 6.90 m
height 1.45 m
Empty mass 200 kg
payload 100 kg
Cruising speed 100 km / h
Top speed 130 km / h
Range 16 km
Max. Flight duration 23 min
drive 8 electric motors max. 106 kW,
8 propellers,
2 each coaxially in opposite directions

Ehang 216

The 216 is a two-seater with 16 propellers, it made over 1000 manned flights in July 2018 and its maximum flown distance was 8.8 km (5.5 miles). At the beginning of April 2019, an EHang 216 was presented in a football stadium in Vienna for short test flights. The first (still unmanned) test flight in the USA (in Raleigh , North Carolina ) took place on January 8, 2020. He had a special flight permit from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). In October 2018, the CAAC approved the first passenger operation at certain locations. In January 2020, the CAAC announced that EHang is one of five Chinese companies involved in developing regulations for urban air taxis (" Guidelines for the Airworthiness Certification of UAVs Based on Operational Risk "). In March 2020, the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority issued a preliminary operating license for EHang 216. It is the first approval of its kind in Europe. The EHang 216 received approval for test flights in Québec , Canada .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 0, self-steering
Passengers 2
length 5.61 m
height 1.76 m
Empty mass 360 kg
payload 260 kg
Cruising speed 100 km / h
Top speed 130 km / h
Range 35 km
Max. Flight duration 21 min
drive 16 electric motors,
16 propellers,
2 each coaxially in opposite directions

Fire fighting from the air

With the EHang 216F, fires, especially in high-rise buildings, can now also be fought from the air. EHang presents a new solution. The maximum flight altitude is 600 m, up to 150 liters of fire-fighting foam can be carried. The fire is localized independently with a camera.

See also

Web links

Individual evidence

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