Chinese firm obtains country's first passenger-drone production certificate

Chinese flying taxi-maker EHang Holdings Limited has been given the green light to mass- produce the EH216-S passenger-carrying autonomous aerial vehicle system, from the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) in Guangzhou. The production certificate awarded
on April 7, 2024, was the first issued in China for an autonomous passenger drone, and the first in the global electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) industry.