![]() The X2 has also been designed with capabilities to perform autonomous flight path planning. Since it is battery electric, the X2 has the endurance for 35 minutes of flight time, and can reach a maximum speed of 130 km/h (80 mph). The flying car from XPeng Huitian weighs 360kg (794 lbs) and can handle a maximum takeoff weight of 560kg (1,235 lbs). ![]() By reporting this news from China, CnEVPost has shared additional specs on the X2 flying vehicle. In a recent post on Weibo, XPeng Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng announced the X2 flying car along with a 1.5-minute video showing the vehicle in action. Image of the X2 taking a test flight Photo: Weibo/He Xiaopeng XPeng CEO shares footage of new X2 flying car While the X1 remains in development, XPeng has now shared footage of its newest flying car, the fifth-generation X2. Since then, Voyager X1 has undergone more than 10,000 test flights and is scheduled to begin test drives in China by the end of year. This electric manned vehicle is about the same size as an EV, but has the ability to take off and land vertically in a parking space. In addition to the P5 announcement at the Shanghai Auto Show this year, XPeng unveiled a fourth-generation flying car called the Voyager X1. In addition to electric vehicles, XPeng has dabbled in flying car technologies through its wholly owned company, XPeng Huitian. XPeng recently announced pre-orders for a new sedan model called the P5 at this year’s Shanghai Auto Show. Since 2018, the company has launched two EVs - the G3 SUV, followed by the P7 sedan in 2019. The company went public last summer on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), raising $1.5 billion. XPeng Motors ($XPEV) is a Chinese EV manufacturer founded in 2014 and headquartered in Guangzhou. The X2, as its being called, is the fifth-generation flying car from XPeng, and according to the company’s Chairman and CEO, “marks another step closer to a more widely available and safe flying car.” There’s room for a joke about Chinese government here but I’m not even gonna touch it.A new flying car prototype with autonomous capabilities has been unveiled by XPeng Huitian, a division of XPeng Motors in China. If this idea “takes flight” the world will finally have a car for the people, by the people. The concept vehicle seen in the video is the brainchild of Jia Wang who aimed to solve traffic congestion with a small, spherical urban vehicle that would be able to park anywhere and avoid crashes through distance sensor technology. Right now it’s merely part of The People’s Car Project, an initiative launched in China by VW to let citizens submit ideas to their Research & Development sector. From what I can infer (with no help from the redundant Chinese subtitles), VW’s designed a compact car that hovers off the ground by way of electromagnetic levitation from the Earth’s layers.įor those easily convinced, the concept car is not legit…yet. The car manufacturer’s latest advertisement features the stereotypical bald man dressed in white so as to appear like a brilliant sage informing you of the newest development in the commercial auto industry. Then again those two models do show evidence of their desires to make umm…unique vehicles. Common sense would tell you that the car company that brought you the Beetle and the hippy Bus are probably the least likely to show interest in tackling a project as heavy as hover cars.
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