On March 21st, a reporter from China Securities News and China Securities Taurus found that there was already an order for the "Air Taxi" priced at 1.99 million yuan in the store of Yihang Intelligent Enterprise.
On March 20th, the Taobao platform's "Make Friends" live broadcast room promoted the world's first batch of "air taxis". The price of the live broadcast room was 1.99 million yuan, a direct decrease of 400000 yuan from the official price of 2.39 million yuan, and there was also a deposit link of 39900 yuan.
As of 12:30 on March 21, the Yihang Intelligent Enterprise Store showed that 12 orders of the 39900 yuan deposit link for the "Air Taxi" EH216-S had been sold, and 1 order had been sold for a full purchase of 1.99 million yuan. According to the store of Yihang Intelligent Enterprise, the product is currently in a state where it has been completed but there are still people who have not made payment.
On the evening of March 20th, the "Make Friends" live broadcast room spent nearly half an hour selling the EH216-S "Airborne Taxi". During this period, the number of views in the live streaming room for making friends once exceeded 600000, an increase of over 100000 compared to before the launch of the product.
According to anchor Cui Dongsheng, the "air taxi" can effectively meet most of the commuting needs in the future city, and he stated that "the future has arrived".
In October 2023, EH216-S, a subsidiary of Yihang Intelligence, became the first unmanned manned eVTOL aircraft recognized by the Civil Aviation Administration of China and certified for airworthiness.
According to the person in charge of Yihang Intelligence, the company's current main orders and pre orders still come from the to B and to G businesses. The listing on the Taobao platform is to open up a new sales channel. The company will first establish a commercial model for eVTOL aircraft, starting from air tourism and urban tourism projects.