XPeng AeroHT
X2
Two-seat eight-rotor flying car
XPeng AeroHT's X2 (the maker is now called Aridge) is a two-seat, enclosed-cockpit multirotor eVTOL with a carbon-fibre airframe. XPeng lists 560 kg empty weight including battery, 200 kg max payload, up to 35 min endurance, a 130 km/h max speed and a design altitude below 1,000 m. It first flew in June 2021. In January 2023 it became the first manned eVTOL in China to receive a CAAC special flight permit, for R&D test flying. XPeng called it a stage exploration product. Aridge now lists it as a past model, and its current product is the Land Aircraft Carrier. Range, price and a delivery date are not published. Not type-certified.
- Range
- Not published
(varies with speed, reserves, and how the pilot flies the mission).
- Payload
- 200 kg (max payload)
- Cruise
- Not published
(chosen by the pilot, and traded against range and endurance).
- Top speed
- 130 km/h
- Flight time
- Up to 35 min
(varies with the speed the pilot selects and the reserves kept for the mission).
- Price
- Not published
- Seats
- 2
- Battery / fuel
- Electric (capacity not published)
- First flight
- June 2021
- Entry into service
- Not published (listed as a past model by Aridge)
Full figures
- Seats
- 2
- Max speed
- 130 km/h
- Endurance
- up to 35 min
- Payload
- 200 kg (max)
- Empty weight incl. battery
- 560 kg
- Design altitude
- below 1,000 m
- Airframe
- carbon fibre, enclosed two-seat cockpit
- Test flying
- 3,000+ test flights by Jan 2023
- Special flight permit
- CAAC Class 1 (R&D test flying), issued 10 Jan 2023
- Maker
- XPeng AeroHT (now Aridge; Guangdong Huitian Aerospace)
- Price
- Not published
For
- Enclosed two-seat cockpit; 130 km/h, up to 35 min (maker figures)
- China's first manned eVTOL with a CAAC special flight permit (Jan 2023)
Against
- Not offered by the maker; no price or delivery date
- Not type-certified