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The Chinese flying car XPeng Aeroht eVOL: 300 km of autonomy and a price of around 129,000 euros

Oliver Thansan USA News

16 January 2024 Tuesday 22:15

While the majority of automobile manufacturers work to make the irreversible transition to the electric car a reality, with the aim of defining a new era of transportation, more sustainable and respectful of the environment, other companies are shaping the mobility of the future of a much bolder and more radical way. This is the case of the Chinese firm XPeng Aeroht, which for years has been developing a revolutionary concept of personal aerial mobility.

XPeng Aeroht, a subsidiary of XPeng Inc., is Asia's largest flying vehicle company. By integrating smart vehicles and modern aviation, this advanced engineering firm founded in 2013 has designed and developed the safest smart electric flying car for individual users introduced to date. In the immediate future, the goal of this innovative company is to provide products and solutions in the field of 3D transportation.

During the recent CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the most important consumer electronics show in the world, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer announced that its modular electric plane will enter mass production in 2025. With the capacity to transport up to four people, it has a range of about 300 km. It is powered by an electric propulsion system that uses solid-state batteries.

Company officials plan to begin accepting orders for their flying car starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, considering as an initial reference a price starting at $140,000 (about 129,000 euros at the exchange rate) for their vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

He Xiaopeng, founder and CEO of XPeng, said: “The Aeroht e-VOL has the potential to revolutionize the way we move, providing a faster, more comfortable and sustainable form of transportation. “Its entry into mass production marks an important milestone for the development of electric aircraft and its potential success could help drive the adoption of electric technologies in commercial aviation around the world.”

The “on-road” driving mode is comparable to any conventional car in terms of functionality and dimensions. In flight mode, the flying car is piloted using the steering wheel and right gear lever as controls to move forward and backward, turn, ascend, hover and descend.

Subject to the laws and regulations for low-altitude airspace, it can take off and land vertically and fly over city traffic, avoiding ground congestion, but also over orographic obstacles, such as rivers, canyons or high terrain elevations, in few minutes to satisfy a new set of short-distance mobility needs.

The Chinese flying car XPeng Aeroht eVOL: 300 km of autonomy and a price of around 129,000 euros

中国飞行汽车XPeng Aeroht eVOL：续航里程300公里，售价约12.9万欧元

While the majority of automobile manufacturers work to make the irreversible transition to the electric car a reality, with the aim of defining a new era of transportation, more sustainable and respectful of the environment, other companies are shaping the mobility of the future of a much bolder and more radical way. This is the case of the Chinese firm XPeng Aeroht, which for years has been developing a revolutionary concept of personal aerial mobility.

当大多数汽车制造商都在努力向不可逆转的电动汽车转变，以定义一个更可持续、更尊重环境的交通新时代时，其他公司正在以更大胆、更激进的方式塑造未来的出行方式。中国XPeng Aeroht公司就是这样，该公司多年来一直在开发个人空中出行的革命性概念。

XPeng Aeroht, a subsidiary of XPeng Inc., is Asia's largest flying vehicle company. By integrating smart vehicles and modern aviation, this advanced engineering firm founded in 2013 has designed and developed the safest smart electric flying car for individual users introduced to date. In the immediate future, the goal of this innovative company is to provide products and solutions in the field of 3D transportation.

XPeng Aeroht是XPeng股份有限公司的子公司，是亚洲最大的飞行器公司。这家成立于2013年的先进工程公司将智能汽车与现代飞行相结合，设计并开发了迄今为止推出的最安全的个人智能电动飞行汽车。在不久的将来，这家创新公司的目标是提供3D交通领域的产品和解决方案。

During the recent CES 2024 in Las Vegas, the most important consumer electronics show in the world, the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer announced that its modular electric plane will enter mass production in 2025. With the capacity to transport up to four people, it has a range of about 300 km. It is powered by an electric propulsion system that uses solid-state batteries.

在最近于拉斯维加斯举行的2024年CES（世界上最重要的消费者电子展览）上，这家中国电动汽车制造商宣布，其模块化电动飞行汽车将于2025年投入量产。最多可以乘载四人，300公里的里程。其由使用固态电池的电力推进系统提供动力。

Company officials plan to begin accepting orders for their flying car starting in the fourth quarter of 2024, considering as an initial reference a price starting at $140,000 (about 129,000 euros at the exchange rate) for their vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

公司管理员计划从2024年第四季度开始接受飞行汽车的订单，作为初步参考，将这辆可以垂直起降飞行车的起价定为14万美元（按汇率计算约12.9万欧元）。

He Xiaopeng, founder and CEO of XPeng, said: “The Aeroht e-VOL has the potential to revolutionize the way we move, providing a faster, more comfortable and sustainable form of transportation. “Its entry into mass production marks an important milestone for the development of electric aircraft and its potential success could help drive the adoption of electric technologies in commercial aviation around the world.”

XPeng创始人兼CEO何小鹏说：“Aeroht e-VOL有潜力彻底改变我们的出行方式，提供更快、更舒适和可持续的交通方式。”它的大规模生产标志着电动飞行汽车发展的一个重要里程碑，其成功可能有助于推动电动技术在世界各地的商业航空中的应用”。

The “on-road” driving mode is comparable to any conventional car in terms of functionality and dimensions. In flight mode, the flying car is piloted using the steering wheel and right gear lever as controls to move forward and backward, turn, ascend, hover and descend.

其“陆地”驾驶模式在功能和尺寸方面与任何传统汽车都差不多。在飞行模式下，由方向盘和右变速杆作为控制装置进行前后移动、转弯、上升、盘旋和下降。

Subject to the laws and regulations for low-altitude airspace, it can take off and land vertically and fly over city traffic, avoiding ground congestion, but also over orographic obstacles, such as rivers, canyons or high terrain elevations, in few minutes to satisfy a new set of short-distance mobility needs.

根据低空领域的法律法规，它可以垂直起降，飞越城市交通，避免地面拥堵，也可以在几分钟内飞越地形障碍物，如河流、峡谷或高地形，以满足一系列新的短距离出行需求。