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China Gives eVTOL Developer Ehang The First Industry Approval For Fully Autonomous, Passenger-Carrying Air Taxis

13 Oct 2023 | Abstracted from CNBC

"Guangzhou-based Ehang on Friday said it received an airworthiness 'type certificate' from the Civil Aviation Administration of China...allows it to fly passenger-carrying autonomous electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in China.

"The certificate will also significantly simplify the company’s ability to get similar certificates for commercial operation in the U.S., Europe and Southeast Asia..."

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