XPeng Completes China’s First Cross-River eVTOL Flight

Graham Warwick August 29, 2023

XPeng AeroHT’s X2 autonomous eVTOL crosses the XiangJiang River in Changsha.

Credit: XPeng AeroHT
AeroHT, the advanced air mobility (AAM) subsidiary of Chinese electric carmaker XPeng, has conducted the first cross-river flight in China by an electric-vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The autonomous two-seat XPeng X2 multicopter flew across the Xiangjiang River in Changsha in Hunan...
Graham Warwick

Graham leads Aviation Week's coverage of technology, focusing on engineering and technology across the aerospace industry, with a special focus on identifying technologies of strategic importance to aviation, aerospace and defense.

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