Chinese company XPENG’s flying car makes first public flight

Chinese electric vehicle maker XPENG has had its first public flight for their flying car.

The flying car took flight in Dubai where it had an unmanned 90-minute journey in front of 150 onlookers at Skydive Dubai.

[Monsieur-Pants]

DON'T put your hand out the window to adjust the wing mirror!

[eulalioestevez]

That's NOT a car, but a HELICOPTER!

[stevep]

I don’t trust the outcome of a $10 Chinese meal, and you want us to fly hundreds of feet off in the air in a Chinese made flying car!

[patrickphelan]

I am a career professional pilot ... and this scares the crap out of me. It seems to me that a whole heap of "safety steps" have been overlooked, in the rush to get it out the door.

[xiaoli]

China is the greatest country in the world and the leading technological power!

[Garfield-lm]

They call it a flying car but it doesn't have wheels. 😂

[Jeff_S...]

Like a mean little kid stuffing a hamster into a drone and giving it a ride. In an emergency, dead stick planes glide for a surprising distance and helicopters auto-rotate, and both can land safely. I can't imagine even one of those motors failing and having it not kill everyone inside and where it hits. My neighbor and I have become fast friends, just from how often he has crashed his drone in my backyard.

[johnhoylesunvaccinatedbrot]

Imagine plummeting from the height of them skyscrapers.

[mikespike]

Well if its anything like other Chinese made goods then you had better have good life insurance when you drive/fly it

[tbellew]

I think they made a mistake calling it a "car". 😂

[derekhawkcherokeefire]

Is there a parachute feature? Asking for my back which doesn't like to be broken 🤣

[LukeXMV]

I feel Australia lags behind while still figuring out how to manufacture a bicycle...

[akilghosh]

I don't understand. Isn't this a giant quadcopter ?

[mikespike]

It just looks like a giant what's the difference? Also how is it a "car" when it looks like it cannot drive on a normal road? 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔

[thehon.antiexperimentaldru]

The worlds got enough crash test dummys😂

[karenkelly]

If it's a flying car, where are it's wheels? When it lands how is it able to drive away?😂

[MalchikGuy]

Would have been developed here in the states on Trump's watch
How much went to the Big Guy & Son

[WilliamEnwerem-pl]

Just imagine getting in a flying car and be able to fly anywhere you want to go in the world 🌎

[panzerreiter]

It’s not a flying car it’s just a very large drone

[PinoyStrums]

I don't know about the title but if it came from China they will always tag it as a company in China can it be direct like XPENG company flying cars. I didn't encounter report saying a company from US Tesla making electronic cars. It is direct like Tesla release new model. Why is that?