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EHang Prepares to Start Urban Air Mobility Operational Trials in Linz
Flight trials with the 216 AAV are set to start before the end of 2020, leading to construction of vertiports in the Austrian city during 2021.
EHang 216 in Vienna
EHang has previously demonstrated its 216 AAV in a soccer stadium in the Austrian capital Vienna. [Photo: EHang]

The Austrian city of Linz is set to become the next location in which EHang will evaluate its two-seat 216 Autonomous Aerial Vehicle. The Chinese company announced on August 14 that it plans to start "a trial UAM operation" in the near future.

The trial will start by establishing a test route over uninhabited parts of the city and identifying locations where vertiports could be built in 2021. EHang says it also will be looking to work to win public acceptance for eVTOL use from the local population, in part by defining public service roles for the aircraft.