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Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
Chinese firms leverage electric vehicle and drone expertise to begin trial production of modular vertical-takeoff flying cars with over 7,000 pre-orders, supported by national policies.
- EHang began trial production in early November and reports more than 7,000 pre-orders ahead of planned deliveries next year.
- Chinese firms are leveraging EV and drone tech as Beijing and provincial governments from Guangdong to Sichuan push the sector strategically, easing rules while Brandon Wang cites an 'engineer dividend' and EV supply‑chain lead.
- Aridge builds a modular six‑propeller flying unit that docks into a wheeled 'mothership', while Guangzhou factory automation claims one every 30 minutes with logistics robots on the line.
- A Boston Consulting Group report projects the market could reach $41 billion by 2040 even as the sector faces insolvencies and Tesla CEO Elon Musk teases a prototype.
- Despite early prototypes, Zhang Yangjun says `flying cars remain at an early developmental stage`, with regulators and airspace management needing to catch up, industry observers note.
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Electric vehicle prowess helps China's flying car sector take off
A worker in white gloves inspects the propellers of a boxy two-seater aircraft fresh off the assembly line at a Chinese factory trialling the mass production of flying cars.
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