Ngemuva kweminyaka eminingana yentuthuko, ekugcineni inkampani yase-Asia eqa ukwazile ukuthola imvume kwi-Institute of Autonomous Systems yaseNevada (e-United States) yokuqala ukuhlola idrone yayo yamatekisi, eyaziwa ngokusemthethweni njenge I-Ehang 184, emsebenzini wokuthutha abantu ngaphakathi kombuso uqobo. Njengoba kumenyezelwe, ngenxa yalokhu kugunyazwa inkampani ikwazile ukufeza ingqophamlando yokuba yiyo okokuqala ukuthola imvume yokuhlola i-drone ngale njongo.
Manje, njengoba kunengqondo futhi kulindelekile, singasho ukuthi lokhu kugunyazwa kuyingxenye kuphela ngoba ukwenza izivivinyo u-Ehang akanayo imvume ephelele kepha kufanele abike zonke izenzo ezizokwenziwa yidrone yetekisi ngesikhathi ngasinye sokuhlolwa kwayo kuziphathimandla zeNevada ozokwazisa yena uqobo i-FAA ukuze kube yiyo ekugcineni enikeza ukukhanya okuluhlaza noma ingenele kulokhu. Ngenxa yalokhu, inkampani yaseChina inethemba lokuthi qala ukwenza izivivinyo zokuqala e-United States ekupheleni kwalonyaka we-2016.
Ngokuqondene nomkhumbi uqobo, akutshele ukuthi sikhuluma ngedrone enkulu enokuzimela cishe kwemizuzu engama-23 ekwazi ukuthwala umthwalo omkhulu ufinyelela kuma-100 kilogram ukuyihambisa ngesivinini esiphezulu se-100 km / h. Ngokuya ngobukhulu, asinabuncane bamamitha ayi-1.50 ukuphakama ngamamitha ama-4 ububanzi ngesisindo sokugcina esingama-200 kilograms, ivolumu okufanele ihanjiswe ngenxa yamandla ka-106 kW wamaroli ayo amane ama-helix.
Njengomniningwane wokugcina, akutshele ukuthi sikhuluma ngephrojekthi evuthiwe kusukela lapho, yize i-FAA ikhathazeke kakhulu ngezilinganiso nobukhulu bale drone eyingqayizivele yetekisi, iqiniso ukuthi akuqali ukuthi ihlolwe futhi kakhulu iNevada izwe lokuqala, uma liseMelika, eligunyaza u-Ehang ukuthi avivinye i-drone yakhe. Kuleli qophelo akutshele ukuthi, ngokwesibonelo, izinkampani ezinjengeLung Biotechnology azitholanga okungaphansi kwalokho Amayunithi ayi-1.000 ale drone ukuze isetshenziswe njenge ukuthuthwa okuphuthumayo kwezitho kumanethiwekhi ezibhedlela nasezikhungweni zezokwelapha.