As a representative of leading UAM technology companies, EHang was invited by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) to participate in the Smart City Expo and Tomorrow Mobility World Congress 2024 held in Barcelona, Spain. The Congress is a high-profile smart city expo and brings together governments, enterprises and research and innovation centres from around the world to discuss the future of urban transportation and smart cities.

On the first day Victoria Xiang, COO of EHang Europe and Latin America, delivered a keynote speech entitled ‘How EHang leads the transformation of global UAM and the development of Low-Altitude Economy industry’. She shared EHang’s technology, intelligence and environmentally-friendly UAM solutions, as well as its global flight and development footprint and experience.

During the Congress EHang signed a MOU with Vertiports Network, a vertiport infrastructure provider that offers modular UAM physical and digital infrastructure solutions, including UAM ticketing and eVTOL flight operations management, through its proprietary operating system (VNOS) certified by the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA). The cooperation aims to integrate EHang’s EH216-S into VN’s vertiport network ecosystem.

Xiang says: “We are pleased to support the development of UAM enterprises globally, by sharing EHang’s operational experience, capabilities and know-how within the industry. Through our collaboration, we will support Vertiports Network’s endeavours to develop and implement a holistic vertiport infrastructure solution and innovative services with our EH216-S pilotless eVTOL, allowing smart cities residents to benefit from its applications and uses in their daily lives.”

Over the years, EHang has established strategic public-private partnerships with many European governments, public institutions and international industry leaders, and has established a wide network of international partnerships. In Spain it has achieved strategic UAM cooperation with the cities of Seville and Zaragoza, as well as the National Police; public air navigation services provider ENAIRE; airport operator AENA; Aeroports de Catalunya; Telefónica Tech, a subsidiary of the telecommunications service provider Telefónica; and the European infrastructure group Globalvia. In November 2023 it inaugurated its first European UAM Center.

EHang aircraft have completed more than 50,000 safe flights around the world and its flight footprints include China, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, the US, Canada, the UAE, Qatar, Brazil, Costa Rica, Thailand and Indonesia.