EV Expertise Fuels Successes in Chinese-Made Flying Cars
China's battery-car mastery is propelling its flying vehicle manufacturers ahead of global rivals. Expertise developed through years of electric vehicle production and unmanned aircraft development is giving domestic companies a distinct edge in the nascent aerial mobility market. Aridge, a division of XPeng's automotive business, operates a production facility in Guangzhou capable of assembling one vehicle every thirty minutes at peak capacity. Trial manufacturing launched last month with consumer deliveries planned for next year following more than 7,000 advance orders. Its modular system uses a lightweight six-rotor aircraft that ascends vertically and nests inside a wheeled ground vehicle called the…
