Humanity has been dreaming of flying cars for decades but, so far, not much has come of those dreams.
We’re getting closer, though, with various companies looking into eVTOLs (electric takeoff and landing aircraft) as the next best thing to the fabled “flying car.”
China has been working on flying cars, as well. XPeng Motors, for one, is now at the fifth generation of its flying car, known as Voyager: just the other day, it unveiled Voyager X2 on Weibo, Electrek reports. That first link includes a video of the prototype making an unmanned flight over the countryside.
CnEvPOst has more on the specs of this flying car, which is similar to eVTOLs in development in the U.S. and Europe: it’s more of a passenger drone with eight propellers across four axes, and autonomous capabilities. The dry weight of the vehicle would be 360 kg (794 pounds), with a total payload of 560 kg (1,235 pounds), or seven or eight people.
Traveling at a maximum speed of 130 kph (80 mph), Voyager X2 would have a range of 35 minutes. It’s not enough to make it a solution for long-distance travel, but it’s better than nothing. It would work wonderfully in crowded urban areas, where people have to commute from out of the city on a regular basis. It would be a major improvement in terms of saving time, money and the ever-pressing issues in such areas, like traffic congestion and pollution - link - more like this - link
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