Flying Cars
Expert expects batteries that will make flying cars reality could be available around 2025
Pennsylvania State University Professor Wang Chaoyang believes that commercial cab fleets, rather than privately owned flying cars, are likely to be the first to appear.
Shanghai-based Autoflight completes maiden flight test of manned vehicle V1500M
The V1500M is powered by an all-electric system and has a maximum passenger capacity of 3-4 people and a range of up to 250 km.
Xpeng's flying car unit HT Aero closes over $500 million in Series A funding
This is the largest single round of financing to date for a company in the low-altitude manned vehicle sector in Asia.
Xpeng-backed HT Aero unveils its vision of flying car for urban scenarios
HT Aero's video shows its vision for the X2's autonomous flight path planning, takeoff and landing, and demonstrates the technology including charging, flight control and autonomous driving.
Xpeng completes performance tests of X2 flying car at 4,180-meter altitude
Test results showed the flying car could take off and land, hover and fly smoothly at an altitude of 4,180 meters with no load and under load, it said.
Xpeng said to deliver flying cars in small quantities in 2024
Xpeng will announce the exact price and specifications of its flying car in 2023 and will deliver it in small quantities in 2024, according to a Weibo blogger.
Xpeng says it' testing flying car Voyager X2 at high altitude
The X2 underwent several internal flight tests at flight bases in Guangzhou, Dongguan and Jiangmen in early June this year.
Chinese fighter jet expert joins Xpeng's flying car business
Chinese J-10 fighter jet expert Zhang Wenjin has joined Xpeng Huitian, the flying car division of Xpeng Motors, the company announced on Friday.
Why is it tough to commercialize flying cars?
The lack of policies and regulations is the key to the difficulty of commercializing flying cars on the ground.
Hunan becomes China's first province to pilot low-altitude flights in historic move to explore opening up strictly regulated area
Central China's Hunan province has become the first province in the country to be allowed to pilot full-field low-altitude flights, CCTV said in a brief report on July 17, citing China's National Civil Aviation Administration.