Urban air mobility (UAM) technology company EHang has received the production certificate for its EH126-S eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) craft from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC), authorising the two-seat, autonomous craft for mass production.
The latest permission is the latest regulatory approval received by EHang, following the granting of a type certificate and standard airworthiness certificate for the EH126-S. The CAAC’s production certificate is the world’s first such permission granted in the global eVTOL industry and is described by the manufacturer as ‘a robust assurance for the product quality produced by EHang’.
The production certificate verification process included an assessment of a total of 19 elements. Founder, chairman and CEO of EHang Huazhi Hu commented: “The issuance of the PC is pivotal for the EH216-S as it opens the door to mass production, and a crucial step for our advancement towards commercial operations”. He added that “with the PC as the starting point, we are poised to gradually expand production and delivery to meet escalating market demands”.
EHang secures CAAC production certificates for EH216-S eVTOL
