Manufacturing Magazine - December 2021 | Page 103

AI & AUTOMATION

EHang Yunfu Facility

“ The increasing market demands and commercialisation of AAVs in China are driving us to expand our production and upgrade our manufacturing capabilities . The EHang Yunfu facility serves as an expansion of our existing facility and will support the growth of our air mobility business in China ,” said Huazhi Hu , EHang Founder , Chairman and CEO in the announcement . At the beginning of 2021 , EHang released an update on the construction of the facility , detailing the expectation that Yunfu - which was three times the size of its then facility in Guangzhou ( 8,750 square metres ) - will commence its production of AAVs in the second quarter of 2021 .
As scheduled in July 2021 , EHang started production at the facility in late June 2021 representing a scale-up of its
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