XPeng's flying car makes 1st public flight in Dubai

XPeng's eVTOL flying car X2 made its first public flight on Monday in Dubai, marking a new era of modern and intelligent transportation.
With zero carbon dioxide emissions, the futuristic two-seater is the latest generation of flying cars for the Chinese electric vehicle manufacturer and is equipped with an intelligent flight control system and autonomous flight capabilities.
The historic 90-minute test flight was described by its manufacturer as an “important base for the next generation of flying cars.”
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[@888ssss]

you say flying car. i say car shaped helicopter.

[@alanw2687]

Or just flying vehicle

[@romualdojramado8245]

It should have wheels too and be able to run on the road to be called a flying car

[@dianafoster7883]

This just looks like another type of helicopter to me.

[@Wildstar40]

Yes the moment it lost it's wheels this design quit being a car right from the beginning. A flying car is a car that can fly and what is a car, why it's a vehicle that you can drive on the road. So what is a vehicle with no wheels but rotating wings aka propellers ? A eggbeater, a whirly bird, GET TO DA CHOPPA ! You know it ... a helicopter.

[@EndSus]

true

[@wal-waltv5185]

Same

[@romanmax8561]

It's just a oversized drone no wheels how do you drive it like a car . Helicopter more practical and have longer range it just looks cool nice toy for the rich

[@wesseldejonge4789]

helicopter only has one rotor, this has 4, its a quadcopter to say the least but certainly not a helicopter.

[@Ethan-vc2rn]

I remember seeing this flying car in Shanghai in 2017, didn’t know what it was until now, surprisingly the future is coming quick

[@GlennLopez]

what happens to the flight characteristics if you get a bird strike, taking out one of the props or engine? Does it spin out and crash to the ground like all quadcopters do?

[@WiseOwl_1408]

Yes.

[@mackanarcon8460]

i guess youll have to research more about it.

[@AnkomaDjed]

I've seen drone algorithms that stabilize even with two rotors I believe

[@jumpvelocity3953]

Definitely not the safest.

[@helloterran]

One major difference between electric propellers and turbofans is that an electric motor does not suck in air, therefore much less likely to get damaged in a bird strike.

[@theolich4384]

Essentially a drone. A matter of time for DJI to come up with one as well.

[@sierrasix4068]

Define drone

[@parrotbrand2782]

DJI is also a Chinese company if you are not aware.

[@wesseldejonge4789]

a drone is always unmanned, this can seat 2 passengers, so its not a drone.

[@jumpvelocity3953]

No, this is an electric quadcopter. A drone would require it to be unmanned by definition.

[@cgboyio9605]

Fo real

[@jgatmaitan]

They need to encapsulate the spinner as a protection so not to accidentally hurt pedestrians when they park it in a busy place.

[@wesseldejonge4789]

This flying care is operated remotely with sensor safety measures, so it cannot hurt anybody. the flying car will probably be used to taxi, flying between stations, and not supposed to be used individually.

[@salol18]

@@wesseldejonge4789 removing tail and skid landing and their rotor for better

[@BalancedBodyVibes]

Beautiful drone

[@dglorious1269]

Wow, Amazing.

[@daniellepreyar]

A giant drone.

[@mrwinston_thepug]

Its a giant drone, no big deal. Let me know when they get rid of the propellers and use magnetic pulse.

[@ronishindler2859]

Yep 🕊️🕊️

[@uttaradit2]

explain magnetic pulses

[@mrwinston_thepug]

@@uttaradit2 please? An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy. I believe thats the future technology for flight, close to what movies portray as UFOs

[@trstquint7114]

Wow, XPeng, you have to be very sure about yourself to call this a flying CAR...it's a large drone.

[@wesseldejonge4789]

technically it has 4 rotor wheel blades, so its a car. the 4 rotors is what propels this car forwards instead of tyres, but still the same thing.

[@trstquint7114]

@@wesseldejonge4789 you're drunk.

[@georgefenrirbitadze4757]

Please look up definition of a "Car" before you speak

[@jumpvelocity3953]

Probably a lost in translation type of thing. They do plan on adding wheels next tho.

[@sierrasix4068]

Wow they invented a helicopter

[@parrotbrand2782]

Electric helicopter

[@jumpvelocity3953]

Quadcopter. Very big difference.

[@Xx-po1fu]

Flying under the influence will be more deadly than driving under the influence.

[@Wildstar40]

People can't even get driving a simple car properly and we are going to introduce flying cars ? Good luck. A bunch of drunk texting schmucks flying over our homes, businesses and schools ? I don't think so. There are too many irresponsible people out there for this to happen.

[@AnkomaDjed]

Cruise control, ai assisted

[@dukewild5071]

Its automated

[@scrotocles5208]

@Tiger Infantry tons of people in Dubai drink bruh 🤣

[@losttwidget9744]

It’s flying. You’ll be driving over the influence.

[@adamaffoury7872]

Literally.

[@starofwisdom.]

That’s not a car, that’s a mini drone or a helicopter.

[@user-nr6xo9nj8g]

This aircraft came to my house and flashed it's headlights

[@eric777a]

launching in Dubai is a very smart move, they have money and less regulations unlike the US. most importantly they like to try new things.

[@essenegnostic8711]

What are the wind speed limitations ?

[@Ironfangzu]

China leads the world in drone technology. This thing is basically a drone that you pilot from the inside. I can easily see this becoming the first relatively affordable flying car in the very near future.

[@Gobbersmack]

It will never be able to lift the average American off the ground.

[@sci3nceorbust917]

​@@Gobbersmack 😂😂😂

[@fghg2648]

This will be useful for paramedics .. Dubai is so cool

[@maxellray]

Helicopter?

[@alrizo1115]

@@maxellray you can't just land a helicopter anywhere because of it's size and required clearance. It will also cost so much to manufacture.

[@oyuyuy]

Completely useless for paramedics. It has no cargo space and no range. And all that in combination with all the limitations of a helicopter.

[@bilal5067]

Everyone is a gangsta until it is out of battery

[@wesseldejonge4789]

everyone knows when a drone runs out of battery, it will have an emergency landing, thats how drones work.

[@ElonMusk-FanZone]

It happened!

[@beautanner8409]

Looks super safe lol

[@guymontag2948]

It doesn't even have wheels. How is this a flying car? It's a helicopter.

[@hairydude1950]

"Additionally, the company offered a progress update for its sixth-generation flying car, which is an actual car with wheels that drives and can take off and fly."

[@kolpkii]

finally flying cars actually exist now, that took such a long time for our expectations 💀

[@Chelsea-vt3ib]

There’s been flying cars for ever they’re just not mainstream lmao

[@wesseldejonge4789]

@@Chelsea-vt3ib not true, there have never been flying cars

[@Chelsea-vt3ib]

@@wesseldejonge4789 yes there is plenty of them and ones that go in the water they’re on KZbin 10+ years ago lol

[@Epic_678]

@@wesseldejonge4789 there actually is lots of. Companies but this is the first public transport Drone car

[@Epic_678]

@@wesseldejonge4789 like theres a company called Jetson who makes flying cars

[@user-vu5ls5fb5n]

Dubai the future country, in a world❤

[@Picklemedia]

They should start a taxi service called 'Uber Rich'

[@Cherishthemoment]

We call that a drone in North America we have had them for awhile.

[@wesseldejonge4789]

a drone is always unmanned, this quadcopter can seat 2 people, so it can never be a drone, check your semantics.

[@jumpvelocity3953]

It is also electric. For this scale, the flight time and characteristics are very impressive.

[@marymercer2596]

ABSOLUTELY" Gorgeous!! 👍😍🦋👍

[@JamieHumeCreative]

It's a small compact helicopter. Very sleek.

[@peterchindove7146]

Def isnt.

[@deshbhaktanepali9975]

❤️ Dubai ❤

[@kennyh5083]

One well placed bird or tree branch and your an instant quadriplegic! What a great idea!

[@edwardwright7295]

That's what I'm talking about it's been a long time coming! I'm proud that I've lived to see this moment but then again I've seen it years ago on The Jetsons TV cartoon show but now everything is coming into reality which makes it even more sweeter.

[@aadi6599]

This is not even a car. It doesn't even have wheels. It's just a small helicopter, or a big drone.

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Sci-fi addicts be like: "Oh, wow! We're finally there! The future is now!" 😂

[@darryldee467]

Very cool, they just took a drone quadcopter design and made a passenger car size type. Quadcopters are much smoother running and are electric opposed to regular helicopters bumpy chop of it's long, flapping blades and complicated gas turbines.

[@gemcami7243]

Does it hurt if one that big, piloted by a human imbecile, falls on your house?

[@justingriffin2546]

Regular copters can go long distances....for hours...

[@saruyammagar6520]

lovely ❤️

[@anamariabot2367]

Dubai has become too crowded for normal people...too much traffic and the metro is full...👎

[@peterchindove7146]

Its beautifully designed.

[@brianalexander4380]

Them people are really smart

[@stormrunner0029]

If autonomous, what would you think the payload would be? 250-300lbs Hotshot across the city.

[@Droughtson]

If that’s the payload max then it disqualifies half of Americans from riding

[@sali3492]

Flying cars already exist: Planes, once they land they can drive😋

[@juankhezim3004]

Cringe

[@sali3492]

@@juankhezim3004 Ok flying bus

[@HabibiGermany]

When it will start ?

[@jackl593]

Interesting helicopter

[@WiseOwl_1408]

That's cool

[@calisthenicsnoob9990]

Is it a mavic 5 XL?

[@FIKRI7WGXMUBAROK]

Amazing

[@Toastybros70]

Wow nice ❤

[@blinkenschnaag777]

Gigantic drone vehicle

[@tranquility6789]

It's literally just a helicopter

[@lookabove3089]

The "car" is rather a special helicopter.

[@MaroonedInDub]

It's a helicopter

[@raptor4239]

A flying DeLorean i havent seen one of thoses in 30 years.

[@DiabloVan]

why is it called a car? and 1st public flight without any passenger? just call a drone

[@Wildstar40]

Imagine calling a horse a duck and you tell everyone you got these amazing flying ducks but then you present the people horses. You point at the horses and tell the people you sell only the finest ducks. This is what is happening here. A car ... Has wheels ... This thing ... Has no wheels.

[@beneatspizza2380]

Looks cool Just makes me nervous knowing Tom in accounting is flying this mini space ship throughout down town Chicago Just a matter of time until someone takes out a building by accident or crashes onto the street below

[@cleareyes2254]

it already in Indonesia in sale, but diff model maybe diff company

[@TNight00]

Awesome

[@danielbeckstedt767]

I didn’t see it fly. It just hovered, somewhat awkwardly. My prediction is that this will not come to market.

[@primmakinsofis614]

Flying is energy intensive. It burns a lot of fuel.

[@danielbeckstedt767]

@@primmakinsofis614 exactly. As such, this project will never get to market.

[@Wildstar40]

Here grandma I bought you a flying car ! Two days later ... Grandma died in a flying car accident. She crashed into a school killing 30 people on the ground.

[@danielbeckstedt767]

@@Wildstar40 funny. Dark, but funny

[@mervenchrismaputi2436]

@@danielbeckstedt767 how would you know that? Over 100 years ago people are critizing and laughing on Wright brothers because of their invention of airplane. It will not go to market immediately, as this guy said that they are still in the process for improvement.

[@Nayan-ic3ig]

Well how noisy are these vehicles is the question. But based on this video sound quality seems it is legit👍

[@kronusart2396]

Look what we have right now

[@Picklemedia]

Fun fact: 300% more people perish from the Cold than from the Heat.

[@jpmorganrunsthegame1064]

More carbon = plush forests Less carbon = ice age

[@speciallevo3170]

@@daniel_trang if Trudope started making good decisions we would have to call them conservative liberals.

[@Picklemedia]

@Joe Kickass there's more trees on the planet now than before pre-industrialization.

[@victorjanssen8720]

Need a 30mph electric engine and wheels on it.

[@matifjamil76]

What's happen when GPS link down. Where car goes.it's stand in air or comes down.

[@patientzero291]

It's a glorified smaller version of a helicopter for 2 person. Taxi industry should get on to this type of vehicles for transport.

[@jorgepuga2303]

We been having flying car since 1903 Wright Brothers. Its call an airplane. This is a Drone basically. A flying car is a car that you drive normally and it still can fly. We do not have real flying car yet.

[@user-pd3ku5tn5o]

Where is rhe video with actual people in it?

[@TaxmanTV]

When the blades can fold in and tires pop out of the bottom and it can cruise to at least 70 mph on a road.. than it's a flying car.

[@AjitSingh-kf4cd]

Very nice

[@tikiortaka]

Quadcopters are inherently unstable if one of the engines fail or the blades get damaged by collision. No way this will become mainstream.

[@jumpvelocity3953]

It is rather easy to develop software in case of emergency for it to at least counter balance once there is failure. This is already displayed in commercial drones.

[@wedmunds]

And helicopters fall out of the sky if one of the motors is damaged

[@widviewer]

Cool when you get stuck in traffic just fly

[@Wildstar40]

Halfway there. We need cars that can motivate on the ground as well as fly. If you can not drive it on the road it is not a car is it ?

[@chillwill5080]

That's not a car or a drone, it's a helicopter.

[@kamara6392]

They said forget electric we going straight to flying cars

[@theconservativeplumber]

The noise pollution from a bunch of those things flying around would drive everyone crazy

[@wagnerneres4196]

principal desafio..miséria as carenagens proteção das hélices

[@5gbash376]

Me preguntó por qué no pueden dejar pasar el formato de un auto e implementar otro tipo de formato fuera de lo tradicional

[@jasonz2916]

it's just a giant drone.

[@coloneldv8007]

The future is already today and chooses countries with potential!!!

[@iiTzXDXDXD]

Not a flying car but a mini helicopter

[@creativeartstudio8220]

Good

[@pcd8810]

THE FUTURE IS HERE.

[@mazimadu]

Finally, we have our flying cars. Now for jetpacks!

[@athansky25]

It just hovers upand down but it doesn't show cruising forward in the air.

[@snaiderduarte3960]

Car ? Where are the wheels?😂

[@jimmydelarenta]

it’s not a flying car ,it’s a big DJI spark

[@wesseldejonge4789]

there is no camera, so its not a DJI drone

[@kombogambare3574]

Mash Allah a very interesting first flying car Global in Dubai...Watching from Dubai Industrial City(DIC)

[@VioletPrism]

Sick

[@godblesschild808]

I guess the police won't be able to catch you if you fly away in that car after bank robbery lol 😆 😂 🤣

[@JJO117]

Funny how they call it a car when its really a Quadcopter or a VTOL plane.

[@captainmorgan7809]

Hmmm🤔 Looks like they invented a large drone?🤣

[@Wildstar40]

Looks like they invented a new way for people to die ! Baaa Dumm, Tsssssss !

[@clarkwall5368]

Put some parachutes on it and more safety devices

[@christophreynaldo5153]

But that’s not a car… just a hover craft.

[@alanw2687]

Flying vehicle is a more accurate description of this

[@shawnhawkins53]

does it come in a rag top

[@Galactic333]

if you open your window for your dog you wont have a dog with a head

[@dickcastle]

Pretty sure thata just an electric helicopter with extra steps Still cool tho

[@Wildstar40]

It's a giant electric drone.

[@azraelmars]

That's not a flying car, that's a manned drone. Cars need to have wheels and can still drive.

[@savasmage]

A flying car with the blades out like that definitely wnt wrk

[@playtech269]

Is it possible to fly from EU to UK, USA by flying car

[@NextRated]

Will it still be called a car when it has no wheels? Haha

[@Cyro702]

That aight no car that’s a drone 💀

[@AjitSingh-kf4cd]

I am interested