Flying Car

A Chinese firm this week began trial production of flying cars stated to be the next generation in the world of transportation, ahead of US firm Tesla and others plans to launch the same shortly. Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng on Monday began trial production at the world's first intelligent factory for mass-produced flying cars --- a milestone in the commercialisation of next-generation transport. Located in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou, the capital of south China's Guangdong Province, the 120,000-square-metre plant has already rolled out the first detachable electric aircraft of its modular flying car, the Land Aircraft Carrier, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The facility is designed to have an annual production capacity of 10,000 detachable aircraft modules, with an initial capacity of 5,000 units. It has the largest production capacity of any factory of its kind, and will be capable of assembling one aircraft ever

The ASKA A5 is the world's first four-seater flying car that can travel by road, and up to 250 miles by air on a single charge

An advanced point-to-point driver assistance program known as XPILOT 4.0 is planned for rollout in the first half of 2023, and will be equipped on Xpeng's next product -- an electric SUV

A taxi landing on top of your office may soon become reality, says UK's Vertical Aerospace

The decades-old dream of zipping around in the sky as simply as driving on highways may be becoming less illusory

Japan isn't the only country seeking to usher in a flying-car utopia; Dubai, Singapore, and New Zealand have expressed similar intentions

Flying cars may have their share of whizz-bang charm for those who can afford them. For the rest of us, more down-to-earth solutions look a lot more attractive

Will flying cars ever really take off?

Startups, as well as aerospace firms are trying to build personal aircraft you could fly around town

The Netherlands-based PAL-V Europe NV has bagged a patent in India for the Personal Land and Air Vehicle, a flying car that can also run on roads