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hu senming, reporter of chao news client

editor's note: as a representative of new productivity, the low-altitude economy was written into the government work report for the first time at this year's national people's congress, and the initiatives of various regions to actively deploy are being vigorously promoted.

in the next few years, with the continuous development of commercial applications, my country's low-altitude economic industry will form a trillion-level market scale. from now on, chao news will launch a series of reports on "looking for the new quality engine of low-altitude economy", decoding the code behind the growth of the industry with a professional perspective and rich cases.

on september 25, a chao news reporter learned from ehang intelligent holdings co., ltd. ("ehang intelligent") that ehang intelligent's unmanned electric vertical take-off and landing ("evtol") aircraft eh216-s successfully completed its first flight in brazil, creating a new milestone.

eh216-s completed its first flight in brazil. image source: ehang intelligent

on september 24, 2024, ehang intelligent, together with local partner and operator gohobby future technologies ("gohobby"), completed its first test flight in cuadra, são paulo state, brazil, which is of great significance for promoting the development of uam solutions in brazil.

brazil is the birthplace of aviation in latin america, has the world's leading aviation industry, and is also one of the world's largest evtol markets. so far, ehang has completed more than 50,000 safe flights in 17 countries in asia, europe, north america and latin america.

ehang intelligent team and gohobby team took a group photo with eh216-s. image source: ehang intelligent

recently, the brazilian national civil aviation agency (anac) issued a certificate of experimental flight (cave) for ehang intelligent's eh216-s unmanned evtol. within the scope of the cave issued by the brazilian national civil aviation agency, ehang intelligent will work closely with gohobby, a local brazilian partner and operator, and the brazilian civil aviation agency and the brazilian air traffic control agency (decea) to carry out extensive eh216-s testing and test flights in brazil. these initiatives are aimed at promoting the research and development of operational concepts and unmanned aircraft traffic management ("utm") systems and services, and promoting the safe and efficient development of urban air traffic in brazil.

xiang jing, coo of ehang intelligent technology co., ltd. for europe and latin america, said: "we are delighted to have completed the first flight of the eh216-s unmanned evtol in brazil, which is an important milestone for ehang intelligent technology co., ltd. to develop advanced air mobility globally. the eh216-s is undergoing testing and flight trials in brazil, accumulating a large amount of data, information and operational experience. this will pave the way for the development of safe, efficient, environmentally friendly and convenient urban air mobility solutions in brazil and latin america."

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