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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.
- China's electric vehicle prowess gives it an advantage in developing flying cars with cost control and supply-chain efficiency, according to Zhang Yangjun, a professor at Tsinghua University.
- At a factory in Guangzhou, XPeng's subsidiary Aridge is mass-producing modular flying vehicles called 'Land Aircraft Carriers', with plans to start deliveries next year after receiving over 7,000 pre-orders.
- While flying cars remain at an early developmental stage, Beijing has named the 'low-altitude economy' as a strategic field for the next five years, and a report predicts China's flying car market will be worth $41 billion by 2040.
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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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