EHang · air taxi
EHang 184
A one-seat, eight-rotor electric aircraft that navigates automatically on a planned route, so the passenger needs no piloting skill; the rider can only order it to stop and hover. It was the forerunner of the certified EH216-S.
- Price
- —not sold; demonstrator
- Autonomy
- Autonomous modeHow it runs
- Driverless
- TestingSince 2016
- Fleet
- 30Reported; details below
- Speed
- 100.0 km/hFaster than 0%
- Payload
- 100 kgToo few to rank
Why it matters
Shown at CES 2016 as the first passenger drone, a single-seat electric multicopter meant to fly a person with no pilot aboard.
Real-world use
The EHang 184 had completed over 1,000 test flights with and without passengers by February 2018 (Air University/CASI, 2018); EHang co-founder Derrick Xiong reported 30–40 aircraft built by July 2018 (Vertical Flight Society, 2018).
Timeline
- First shown
- 2016-01
- Released
- Not yet
Maker
EHangCompanyHow it drives
Fleet and city figures move fast; each carries its date and who reported it.
- Driverless status
- Driverless tests only
- Where it runs
- test flights in China
- Driverless since
- 2016
- Fleet
- 30 to 40 built by July 2018 (Vertical Flight Society, Electric VTOL News, 2018)
- Rides, miles or loads
- Thousands of test flights since EHang was founded in 2014 (EHang, February 2018)
How it stacks up
Against other air taxis that publish the figure. Pick a measure.
Too few air taxis publish a weight to rank it. Bars show the 2 closest in date.
EHang 184 is faster than 0% of the 4 other air taxis that publish a speed. Bars show the 4 closest in date.
Too few air taxis publish a payload to rank it. Bars show the 1 closest in date.
Too few air taxis publish a battery to rank it. Bars show the 1 closest in date.
Not published by the maker: height, joints, price.
Public attention
A historic robot: no longer sold or in use, so it is not ranked against current vehicles.
- No Wikipedia article of its own yet
- No recent press stories listed yet
Measures how much people read and write about a robot, not how good it is. Measured 2026-10-13; same method for every robot. How it is measured
What’s inside
No component details published yet.
- Movement
- Other movement
- How it runs
- Fully autonomous. Does its job with nobody at the controls.
Lineage
Every EHang vehicle in order.
Made, sold and where
No production or sales figures published yet.
- Price
- Not publishednot sold; demonstrator
- How to get one
- No official buying page found
Sources
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