Recently, spy photos of the Xpeng flying car have leaked out, and the car is positioned as a split flying car, also known as a "land aircraft carrier". The car is composed of two parts: the land body and the flying body, and the land body can completely store the flying body in the cargo box. It is reported that the car will be officially unveiled at the Guangzhou Auto Show at the end of this year and open pre-sale, with a price of more than 700,000 yuan, which is in the same price range as the Ford F-150 Raptor.
Compared with the concept map officially released by Xpeng before, it can be seen that the front of the car is more slender in this spy photo, and the front face design is similar to that of Xpeng G9, but some relevant people believe that the front part of the car is only a temporary design for camouflage, and does not represent the subsequent official listing version.
The cargo box part is the real attraction of Xpeng's flying car. It is equipped with an openable electric tailgate, a large upper rear wing that can be raised, and a manned manned aerial vehicle with a two-person cockpit can be loaded in the cargo box. The vehicle adopts 6X6 all-wheel drive, supports rear-wheel steering, has better carrying capacity and off-road performance, and is equipped with an extended-range electric drive system, which can charge the manned aircraft.
For the flying body of the car, it supports a 270° panoramic double cockpit, the flight vision is very wide, and it supports manual/automatic two driving modes, which is simple and easy to operate. The manned aircraft adopts pure electric vertical take-off and landing and supports distributed electric propulsion.
On September 5, 2023, the "Beijing Implementation Plan for Promoting the Innovation and Development of Future Industries" clearly pointed out: "It will focus on new energy flying vehicle carriers and unmanned aerial vehicle technology, and support the integration of industrial technologies such as intelligent networked vehicles, general aviation and unmanned aerial vehicles." "This proves that the country has attached importance to new energy flying cars and has plans to use them as a means of transportation.
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There are still about 4 months to go before the Xpeng flying car will be pre-sold, and if it can really fly at any time as it said, it will be the beginning of a revolution in travel. The future world of small airplanes instead of cars written by former science fiction writers may be beckoning us.