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"BEIJING — Self-driving air taxis are one step closer to reality in China.
Guangzhou-based Ehang on Friday said it received an airworthiness “type
certificate” from the Civil Aviation Administration of China for its fully
autonomous drone, the EH216-S AAV, that carries two human passengers. The
regulator is the equivalent of the Federal Aviation Administration in the U.S.
U.S.-listed Ehang claims it’s the first in the world to get such a certificate,
which allows it to fly passenger-carrying autonomous electric vertical take-off
and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in China.
The certificate will also significantly simplify the company’s ability to get
similar certificates for commercial operation in the U.S., Europe and Southeast
Asia, CEO Huazhi Hu told CNBC in a video conference interview.
“Next year we should start to expand overseas,” he said, noting those
regulators still need to establish a process for mutual regulation of the
Chinese airworthiness certification. That’s according to a CNBC translation of
his Mandarin-language remarks."
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