GUANGZHOU, China - EHang Holdings Limited, a China-based autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) technology platform company, announced that EHang has received a pre-order for 100 units of EH216 AAVs from Prestige Aviation, an Indonesian aviation company and a subsidiary of Prestige Corp.
It’s the largest pre-order EHang has received so far for its passenger-grade AAVs in Asia. Prestige Aviation previously purchased one unit of EH216 from EHang, and the two parties jointly conducted a debut flight demonstration for aerial sightseeing in Bali, Indonesia in 2021.
Bambang Soesatyo, Chairman of the People’s Consultative Assembly Republic Indonesia that EHang's electronic aircraft will facilitate the implementation of Urban Air Mobility (UAM) in the country.
The EHang 216 is an eight-armed aircraft capable of autonomous flight. The eight electric rotors can lift a maximum payload of 220 kg/485 lbs. With a max payload, it can travel 35 km/22 miles.
The EHang AAV uses 4G/5G as the high-speed wireless transmission channel to communicate with the command-and-control center, enabling remote control of the aircraft and real-time transmission of flight data.
