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EHang to bring UAM service to Spain

Autonomous aerial vehicle (AAV) company EHang Holdings is to launch an urban air mobility (UAM) programme aimed at cutting traffic jams in the Spanish city of Seville.
By Ben Spencer March 27, 2020 Read time: 1 min
EHang brings urban air mobility to Spain (Source: EHang)

EHang will work with the Seville government to develop a passenger transportation service and coordinate the planning of flight routes.

Last August, the company carried out a similar trial in the Chinese city of Guangzhou.

In 2017, Seville joined the UAM Initiative Cities Community launched by the European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities to promote the development of transportation.

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