Xpeng Aeroht's X2 flying car has become the first manned eVTOL (electric vertical take-off and landing) product to receive such a permit in China.

Xpeng Aeroht was founded in 2013 and is now a technology division majority owned by Xpeng and its chairman and CEO, He Xiaopeng.

At the Shanghai auto show in April 2021, the company unveiled the X1, which is the size of a regular car and can take off and land vertically in a parking space.

On July 16, 2021, Mr. He announced the fifth-generation flying vehicle X2 on Weibo, saying, "This marks another step closer to a more widely available and safe flying car."

On October 24, 2021, Xpeng announced at its 1024 Tech Day event the sixth generation of Xpeng Aeroht's flying car, a vehicle that can both drive like a normal car on land and fly in the air.

Mr. He said at the time that the company aims to have the flying car in mass production by 2024, and that the price is expected to be under RMB 1 million ($150,000).

At last year's 1024 Tech Day event, Xpeng unveiled the latest version of Xpeng Aeroht's flying car, the X3, showcasing a product that is closer to production status.

To accelerate its flying car development, Xpeng Aeroht put its first trial plant into operation on July 25, 2022.

Located in Panyu district, Guangzhou, the 35,000-square-meter facility has a floor area of 20,000 square meters and includes two pilot production workshops, a power test center and a flying car test center.

It will be used mainly for pre-production, process validation and performance testing of flying cars before mass production, and will also be used to support pre-production research and testing of other projects.