XPeng’s eVTOL arm, AeroHT, announced its latest milestone today in a quest to achieve commercial operations of its all-electric “flying cars” in China. The company has successfully received design certification from the powers that be for its air module vehicle, codenamed X3-F, bringing the technology one step closer to flight certification and customer deliveries.
AeroHT is an affiliate of XPeng Inc., which is majority owned by the company and its founder, He Xiaopeng, and specializes in developing electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) vehicles. Since beginning operations over a decade ago, AeroHT has conducted tens of thousands of safe flights, collecting data to develop safe, domestic electric aircraft for commercial use.
The latter is expected to enter scaled production in 2025 ahead of customer deliveries in China, giving customers the ability to navigate the roads and the skies simultaneously. Before then however, AeroHT’s technology must achieve airworthiness.
