Chinese 'flying car' makes first public flight in Dubai

(This Oct. 11 story has been corrected to amend the period of flight to 90 seconds as a substitute of 90 minutes in paragraph 3.)

DUBAI – A “flying automobile” constructed by Chinese language digital car maker Xpeng Inc made its first public flight within the United Arab Emirates, as the corporate works in direction of launching the electrical plane on worldwide markets.

The X2 is a two-seater electrical vertical take-off and touchdown (eVTOL) plane that's lifted by eight propellers – two at every nook of the car.

Monday’s unmanned, 90-second take a look at flight in Dubai was described by its producer as an “vital base for the subsequent technology of flying automobiles.”

“We're making step-by-step (strikes) to the worldwide market,” mentioned Minguan Qiu, normal supervisor of Xpeng Aeroht. “First we chosen Dubai metropolis as a result of Dubai is essentially the most revolutionary metropolis on this planet.”