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CityAirbus flight test this week in Manching Airbus Drone Center

CityAirbus flight test this week in Manching Airbus Drone Center

 

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XPeng shares footage of its X2 electric flying car

XPeng shares footage of its X2 electric flying car

A new flying car prototype with autonomous capabilities has been unveiled by XPeng Huitian, a division of XPeng Motors in China. The X2, as its being called, is the fifth-generation flying car from XPeng, and according to the company's Chairman and CEO, "marks another step closer to a more widely available and safe flying car. XPeng Motors ($XPEV) is a Chinese EV manufacturer founded in 2014 and headquartered in Guangzhou. The company went public last summer on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), raising $1.5 billion. Since 2018, the company has launched two EVs — the G3 SUV, followed by the P7 sedan in...

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Beta’s fully electric Alia aircraft achieves 200+ mile test flight

Beta’s fully electric Alia aircraft achieves 200+ mile test flight

Vermont-based eVTOL developer Beta Technologies on Wednesday completed the longest crewed test flight of its Alia aircraft yet, clocking in at 205 miles (330 kilometers), according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.   The all-electric Alia was operating in airplane mode on only three of its five available battery packs, according to a source familiar with the testing. This positions Beta well for achieving its target range of 250 nautical miles (around 460 km) for flights involving vertical take-offs and landings, which are the most energy-intensive phases of flight. While Beta has yet to conduct extensive free flight testing of Alia...

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