EHang Holdings, a leading urban air mobility (UAM) technology platform company, has completed the demo flight for its pilotless passenger-carrying aerial vehicle, EH216-S, in downtown Shanghai.

Urban air mobility (UAM) will soon be a reality in many modern cities across the world. Pioneers of electric vertical and take-off landing (eVTOL) aircraft say that the 2020s will be the decade when the much-hyped urban air mobility revolution will happen. According to recent market research, between 2023 and 2035, the global market for urban air mobility is projected to grow at over 26% year on year and reach some $86.8 billion by 2035. Moreover, a Chinese company Ehang recently launched a new eVTOL vertiport and maintenance facility in China’s UAM test city, Guangzhou.