China’s XPeng AeroHT Flies Tiltwing eVTOL

AeroHT’s tiltwing eVTOL

AeroHT’s tiltwing eVTOL closely resembles the Airbus Vahana in shape and size.

Credit: AeroHT
XPeng AeroHT, a subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker XPeng, has completed its first uncrewed hover flight with a tiltwing electric vertical-takeoff-and-landing (eVTOL) vehicle. Previous AeroHT designs have been multicopters. Closely resembling the Vahana eVTOL technology demonstrator flown...
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