Beijing grants permit to 'flying car' that can handle 'roads and low altitude'
HT Aero, a subsidiary of Chinese automaker XPeng, says the Civil Aviation Administration of China has granted it a flight permit for its two-seater electric"flying car," the XPeng X2.
The aircraft is the first manned electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle to obtain the permit and HT Aero's fifth-generation eVTOL. Calling the vehicle a"car" seems like a bit of a stretch given that it has no wheels. The 4.97 x 4.78 x 1.36m carbon fiber body resembles a drone or quadcopter with retractable arms that reduce the width to 1.95m .
On the corner of each arm sit two stacked rotors. The eight total rotors have a diameter of 1.83m each and carry 560kg – maximum 760kg – at expected cruising speeds of around 130kph .The vehicle flies for up to 35 minutes at a max altitude of 1,000m and is equipped with both manual and automatic flight modes.
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