Reporter Li Wenshan from this newspaper
On March 18th, Yihang Intelligence launched the world's first domestically developed "Air Taxi" Yihang EH216-S unmanned manned aircraft, which has obtained airworthiness certification, on the Taobao Industrial Platform. The aircraft is priced at 2.39 million yuan and has two seats.
Regarding the online sales of the world's first unmanned "aerial taxi", He Tianxing, Vice President of Yihang Intelligence, said, "Many people are asking whether Yihang Intelligence has not yet targeted the C-end or the B-end. In fact, our ultimate goal is to provide new low altitude travel services for every ordinary citizen."
It is reported that the product will receive the model certificate officially issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China in 2023, becoming the world's first manned unmanned electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft to obtain the model certificate.
"In the past few years, Yihang Intelligence has completed the delivery of over 200 orders." He Tianxing further stated, "Currently, we are the only manufacturer in the world that has obtained a manned (eVTOL) airworthiness certificate. We have products with commercial operation qualifications, so we have listed them on the platform for both science popularization and sales."
Yihang Intelligence stated that Taobao platform is a national level consumer platform with a strong consumer base. It is also a platform for the public to purchase new products and understand cutting-edge lifestyle consumption, providing consumers with safer, environmentally friendly, and convenient air transportation. This is the development concept that Yihang Intelligence has always adhered to. This time, choosing to settle in Taobao Industrial Products and launch unmanned manned aircraft is also a hope to popularize the scenario application and future development of unmanned aircraft to more consumers through this super platform, so that more people can truly understand the changes and impacts of low altitude economy on daily consumption, and let the value of new quality productivity benefit more people's daily lives.