Flying Cars Crash Into Each Other At Air Show In China
(Wednesday September 17, 2025 @05:20PM (BeauHD)
from the up-up-and-oh-no dept.)
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- News link: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/09/17/1937221/flying-cars-crash-into-each-other-at-air-show-in-china
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Two Xpeng AeroHT flying cars [1]collided during a rehearsal for the Changchun Air Show in China , with one vehicle catching fire upon landing. While the company reported no serious injuries, CNN [2]reported one person was injured in the crash. The BBC reports:
> Footage on Chinese social media site Weibo appeared to show a flaming vehicle on the ground which was being attended to by fire engines. One vehicle "sustained fuselage damage and caught fire upon landing," Xpeng AeroHT said in a statement to CNN. "All personnel at the scene are safe, and local authorities have completed on-site emergency measures in an orderly manner," it added.
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> The electric flying cars take off and land vertically, and the company is hoping to sell them for around $300,000 each. In January, Xpeng claimed to have around 3,000 orders for the vehicle. [...] It has said it wants to lead the world in the "low-altitude economy."
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5qk4de997o
[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/17/business/china-flying-cars-collide-intl-hnk
> Footage on Chinese social media site Weibo appeared to show a flaming vehicle on the ground which was being attended to by fire engines. One vehicle "sustained fuselage damage and caught fire upon landing," Xpeng AeroHT said in a statement to CNN. "All personnel at the scene are safe, and local authorities have completed on-site emergency measures in an orderly manner," it added.
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> The electric flying cars take off and land vertically, and the company is hoping to sell them for around $300,000 each. In January, Xpeng claimed to have around 3,000 orders for the vehicle. [...] It has said it wants to lead the world in the "low-altitude economy."
[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn5qk4de997o
[2] https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/17/business/china-flying-cars-collide-intl-hnk
Good sign. Full steam ahead! (Score:2)
by nightflameauto ( 6607976 )
Can't even control them at an air show? Totally ready for full use out in the wild. Let 'er buck, boys. We're ready for billionaires to start playing air hockey over our cities!
no tcas? (Score:2)
by Joe_Dragon ( 2206452 )
no tcas?
I Really Hope (Score:2)
Billionares go all in on flying cars.
I don't (Score:2)
Right now one of the few reasons they allow us lower life forms to have roads is they occasionally use them themselves.
If you think your commute sucks now wait until the ruling class can fly above it All.
Plus it's not like they aren't easily replaceable. If you kill a billionaire their kid or there was spouse just gets the money and goes on doing the same evil shit.
Meanwhile they are crashing into our cities with several tons worth of high-speed metal and plastic.
Re: (Score:2)
> Right now one of the few reasons they allow us lower life forms to have roads is they occasionally use them themselves. If you think your commute sucks now wait until the ruling class can fly above it All. Plus it's not like they aren't easily replaceable. If you kill a billionaire their kid or there was spouse just gets the money and goes on doing the same evil shit. Meanwhile they are crashing into our cities with several tons worth of high-speed metal and plastic.
To them, so long as the worst that happens is some lower class folks die in the debris field when they fuck up, it will have all been worth it. We are lesser beings, after all.