World’s first flying car factory begins trial production in south China

The world’s first intelligent factory for mass-producing flying cars has entered trial production in Guangzhou, the capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, marking a major leap toward commercializing next-generation transport.

Owned by Aridge, the flying car subsidiary of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng, the 120,000-square-meter plant has already rolled out the first detachable electric aircraft of its modular flying car, the “Land Aircraft Carrier.” The facility is designed to have an annual production capacity of 10,000 detachable aircraft modules, with an initial capacity of 5,000 units.

It has the largest production capacity of any factory of its kind, and will be capable of assembling one aircraft every 30 minutes once fully operational. During trial production, the main tasks of the factory include verifying the production process, debugging its equipment, and providing prototype aircraft for airworthiness certification, according to Aridge.

After obtaining the certificate, the factory will gradually enter the mass production stage, officially marking the beginning of the large-scale production of flying cars, the company said.