XPENG X2 - eVTOL Flying Car

The XPENG X2 eVTOL flying car is a two-seat, fully electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft developed by XPENG AEROHT, the fifth-generation model in the Chinese group's urban air mobility program.

The Vision

XPENG AEROHT is the aerial mobility arm of Chinese EV maker XPENG, tasked with turning short-distance urban trips from a car problem into an air corridor. The XPENG X2 is the platform where that vision is stress-tested in public: a teardrop-shaped, minimalist two-seater aimed at low-altitude city flights, sightseeing, and time-critical medical missions.

What Makes It

The X2 is built around a full carbon fiber structure, key to hitting the weight and stiffness targets a small eVTOL needs to fly well. It runs on 8 electric motors driving distributed propellers, so it emits no carbon dioxide during flight, an unusual property for personal aviation. The cabin uses the aerodynamic teardrop silhouette to keep the frontal area small, which helps range and noise, both critical to being welcome in an urban vertiport.

In the Air

The X2 offers two piloting modes. Manual, when the operator wants control, and fully autonomous, with one-button start, return, and landing, so a first-time user can fly it safely. It cruises at 300 to 500 m of altitude, tops out at 130 km/h, and holds 35 minutes of flight time. On the safety side, the aircraft uses Distributed Electric Propulsion for native redundancy: multiple propellers and motors mean the X2 can still land safely if a motor or propeller fails. It is layered with spherical environment detection, autonomous return and landing, ground monitoring, real-time video, an omnidirectional camera, and an emergency ballistic parachute.

Specifications

• Builder: XPENG AEROHT
• Type: Two-seat eVTOL flying car
• Generation: Fifth-generation aircraft
• Fuselage: Carbon fiber
• Propulsion: 8 electric motors, Distributed Electric Propulsion (DEP)
• Capacity: 2 passengers
• Top speed: 130 km/h
• Flight time: 35 minutes
• Cruise altitude: 300 to 500 m
• Empty weight: 360 kg
• Max weight: 560 kg
• Piloting: Manual and autonomous modes, one-button start, return, and landing
• Safety: Spherical environment detection, autonomous return and landing, ground monitoring, real-time video, omnidirectional camera, emergency ballistic parachute

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