Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng Motors’ subsidiary AeroHT said on Dec. 14 that its modular flying car, the Land Aircraft Carrier, completed a low-altitude flight in the central business district of Shanghai. According to a video published by the company on Chinese social media platform WeChat, the six-rotor, four-seater flying vehicle took off from the rooftop of a high-rise in the city’s Lujiazui area. It later circled well-known landmarks, including the Oriental Pearl Tower, as well as the Shanghai Tower and World Financial Center, the current tallest buildings in the city at 632 and 492 meters, respectively, for dozens of seconds. This marks the first time that an electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL) has completed a low-altitude flight in China’s biggest city by economic output, the company said. Scheduled for pre-sale this month at a price of around RMB 2 million ($274,600), with deliveries planned for early next year, the carrier features a two-in-one design that allows its wings and other components to fold into the vehicle body. [Xpeng AeroHT statement, in Chinese]
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