EHang Partners to Build eVTOL Production Facility in Hefei

EHang is partnering with JAC Motors and Guoxian Holdings to establish an advanced eVTOL manufacturing facility in Hefei, integrating automation and standardization to accelerate production capacity growth By William Mackenzie / 28 Feb 2025
EHang Partners to Build eVTOL Production Facility in Hefei
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EHang Holdings Limited is working with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Co., Ltd. (JAC Motors) and Hefei Guoxian Holdings Co., Ltd. (Guoxian Holdings) to construct a state-of-the-art manufacturing base for low-altitude aircraft in Hefei. 

The facility will integrate advanced technology, standardization, and automation to produce intelligent and pilotless eVTOL aircraft. The three partners will collaborate for R&D, manufacturing, and sales of a new type of eVTOL aircraft, accelerating the technological advancements, industrialization, and production capacity growth. 

The partnership will integrate the new energy vehicle industrial chain in Hefei with aircraft manufacturing technology, promote the standardization of key aircraft components, establish unified industry standards, and cultivate a comprehensive industrial cluster. This initiative aims to promote the development of the low-altitude economy and a new multi-dimensional transportation ecosystem.

JAC Motors will leverage its expertise in traditional automobile manufacturing, including mature production line processes, advanced manufacturing capabilities, and efficient production capacity and supply chain management, to scale up and automate eVTOL aircraft production. 

EHang will contribute its cutting-edge R&D and production technologies in the eVTOL aircraft sector, along its extensive experience in airworthiness certification and operations, providing essential technical support and assurance for low-altitude aviation in the partnership. Guoxian Holdings will facilitate policy support and create a favorable development environment for the cooperation. 

The partners will conduct joint research on the automated production technologies and processes of low-altitude aircraft, plan to build an aircraft manufacturing base in Hefei, and optimize product design and production processes by integrating their respective resources, collectively accelerating the commercialization of low-altitude aviation in the future.

The collaboration with JAC Motors and Guoxian Holdings to build a world-class eVTOL production facility aims to further meet the growing market demand for pilotless passenger-carrying aircraft and lay the foundation for the large-scale deployment of eVTOLs once the low-altitude economy enters the commercial operation phase.

Xingchu Xiang, Chairman and General Manager of JAC Motors, commented, “As a comprehensive automotive enterprise group integrating the R&D, production, sales, and service of full series commercial and passenger vehicles, and covering a wide range of fields including automotive mobility and financial services, JAC Motors is strategically partnering with EHang and Guoxian Holdings to develop the low-altitude economy. By leveraging Hefei’s high-quality resources, this collaboration aims to drive the high-quality growth of emerging industries. We look forward to mass production of low-altitude eVTOLs in Hefei and believe that our trilateral partnership will achieve outstanding results in this innovative-driven city.”

Huazhi Hu, Founder, Chairman, and CEO of EHang, added, “EHang is committed to advancing a full-scale low-altitude air mobility ecosystem and continuously collaborating with upstream and downstream partners to strengthen the industrial chain for pilotless eVTOL products. By joining forces with JAC Motors and Guoxian Holdings, we are building a strong foundation for future three-dimensional transportation ecosystems. With our combined efforts, we believe that the low-altitude economy will achieve groundbreaking advancements in intelligence, automation, and environmental sustainability, writing a new chapter for China’s high-quality development of the low-altitude economy in Hefei.”

Posted by William Mackenzie Edited by William Mackenzie, Junior Editor and Copywriter practised in digital content creation and writing about defense and marine technology. Connect & Contact

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