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• | | Partnership with Dongfeng USharing to Co-develop a Solution for Seamlessly-Connected Mobility Services Leveraging AAV Technologies |
In March 2021, EHang entered a partnership with Dongfeng USharing Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Dongfeng Motor Corporation, a Fortune Global 500 company and one of the largest auto makers in China, to co-develop a solution for Seamlessly Connected Mobility Services for logistics using EHang’s AAV technologies.
CEO Remarks
Mr. Huazhi Hu, EHang’s Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, commented, “In the unusual year of 2020, we achieved revenue growth of nearly 50% despite the challenges and uncertainties caused by COVID-19 globally. Our gross margin increased again in 2020 and specifically, the adjusted gross margin reached a new high of 63.8% in the fourth quarter and 60.3% for the year, reflecting our competitive strengths. Our record of more than 10,000 safe trial flights of the EH216, including passenger-carrying flights, in 40 cities of 8 countries across Asia, Europe and North America to date and in various extreme environments demonstrates the robustness of our integrated technologies for autonomous flying, full redundancy and cluster management. Our technologies laid a solid foundation for obtaining a series of approvals or permits for trial flights issued by regulators in China, the U.S., Canada, Austria, Norway and Korea in 2020.”
Mr. Hu continued, “Leveraging our world-leading integrated technology platform, we have been developing and diversifying our product portfolio under our long-term development roadmap to meet a wider range of market needs. In addition to our current flagship EH216 AAV series, we plan to roll out another series of eVTOL (e-Vertical-Take-Off-and-Landing) models, namely the VT series, which includes the major large-sized passenger-grade VT30 as well as smaller-sized non-passenger-grade ones. This vehicle series adopts a new hybrid configuration that integrates multi-rotor and fixed-wing configurations and enables both vertical take-off/landing capability and long-range horizontal flights. Combining the EH216 series with this new VT series, we will be able to offer a more well-rounded suite of AAV solutions to better satisfy more UAM application needs, covering both short-haul intra-city and long-range inter-city uses.”
“Looking ahead, we intend to launch a ‘100 Air Mobility Routes Initiative’ in China as part of our UAM platform operator strategy. This initiative will be underpinned by our reliable integrated technologies, comprehensive product offerings, intelligent systems, growing customer base, infrastructure designs and expanding production facilities. The initiative is expected to be implemented in next 24 months with an initial focus on the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area of China. To support this important strategic initiative and also fulfill customer orders in 2021, we are aiming to produce approximately 250 units of the EH216 in the year which will be a new record of the Company once achieved,” Mr. Hu concluded.
Fourth Quarter 2020 Financial Results
Revenues
Total revenues were RMB54.6 million (US$8.4 million), on par with RMB54.7 million in the fourth quarter of 2019. Revenues from air mobility solutions were RMB33.4 million (US$5.1 million), down 10.1% year over year. The decrease was mainly due to the resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic in China in the fourth quarter and its impact on our customers in the tourism industry.