EHang announces Japan’s first UAM centre

EHang has opened Japan’s fist urban air mobility (UAM) centre in Tsukuba City, Ibaraki Prefucture, which it describes as ‘a milestone in Japan’s advanced air mobility industry’. The facility will serve as a demonstration flight site, ground infrastructure and maintenance base for EHang’s uncrewed electric vertical  takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the region. Featuring hangars with capacity for around 25 of EHang’s two-seat, EH216-S craft, it is the result of a collaboration between EHang and AirX, a Japanese air mobility digital platform company. “Through the establishment of this UAM Centre, our goal is to showcase air mobility flight experiences