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Xpeng CEO Says Friends Find It 'Hard To Believe' That There's An Aircraft In A Car, But It's 'Really That Simple'
Friday, April 10, 2026 - 4:23am | 733Read More...XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) CEO Xiaopeng He on Thursday showcased a modular flying car prototype that allows an aircraft to emerge from the vehicle and detach automatically with what he described as one-click separation and reconnection, highlighting the Chinese automaker's push to turn a...
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From Hype To Clear Skies: Joby Vs. Archer — A Race To Rule The Flying Car Era
Friday, November 7, 2025 - 10:35am | 543Read More...The air-taxi dream is edging closer to reality, and two names are still fighting for the first boarding pass. Joby Aviation Inc (NYSE:JOBY) and Archer Aviation Inc (NYSE:ACHR) both promise to make flying cars an everyday thing — but their latest earnings show how differently they're trying to get...
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Peter Thiel's Flying Car Dream Nears Reality With Joby Aviation, But Joe Lonsdale Warns FAA 'Must Move Fast' As China Could Overtake US Amid Regulatory Delays
Thursday, June 5, 2025 - 6:58am | 883Read More...Venture capitalist Joe Lonsdale is sounding the alarm on Chinese competition in the flying car sector while showcasing American innovation through Joby Aviation Inc. (NYSE:JOBY), as regulatory delays threaten U.S. market leadership in the emerging electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)...
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XPeng Starts Constructing Flying Car Manufacturing Base In China Even As Elon Musk's Tesla Is Yet To Start Production Of New Roadster That Can 'Fly'
Monday, October 28, 2024 - 7:30am | 490Read More...XPENG AEROHT, an affiliate of XPeng Inc. (NYSE:XPEV) said on Sunday that it has commenced constructing a flying car manufacturing base in Guangzhou, China, in a significant step towards its vision of manufacturing flying cars on a large scale for low-altitude urban travel. What Happened: The...
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Flying Cars Are Here, But It May Take Some Time Before They Land
Monday, April 1, 2024 - 10:54am | 671Read More...The era of electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles (eVTOLs) is upon us, with the latest CNBC Tech podcast episode shedding light on the industry’s rapid advancement and the challenges it faces. What Happened: A recent episode of CNBC Tech’s “Beyond the Valley”...
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EXCLUSIVE: Meet Alef Aeronautics, The Startup Aiming To Replace Your Tesla Or Toyota With Flying Cars
Friday, August 11, 2023 - 8:32am | 1621Read More...In an exclusive conversation with Benzinga, Jim Dukhovny, co-founder and CEO of Alef Aeronautics Inc, delved into the advent of its electric flying car and the company’s vision to redefine urban transportation. An avid science fiction fan, Dukhovny talked about the milestones crossed and...
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Flying Cars Are Here: eVTOL Startups and AI Are Powering a Modern-Day 'Jetsons' Future
Tuesday, April 11, 2023 - 10:19am | 1143Read More...Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles are small aircraft that can move vertically and hover, so they can take off without a traditional runway. While not the floating magical flying cars envisioned for decades, the technology is incredibly impressive. See Also: The House-Printing...
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It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's A Flying Car: Chinese EV Company Shows Off Technology (Video)
Friday, October 28, 2022 - 10:26am | 506Read More...Electric vehicle company XPeng Inc - ADR (NYSE: XPEV) is one of many companies attempting to tackle the Chinese automotive market. The company recently highlighted with a live demo video its work on flying cars. What Happened: XPeng is one of several companies working on an eVTOL, or electric...
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Volkswagen Makes Push For Flying Cars To Be Launched In China
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 10:52am | 699Read More...The German Automobile Manufacturer Has Announced The Go-Ahead For A Feasibility Study About Flying Cars To Be Launched In China, The Company's Most Profitable Market. Volkswagen (OTC: VLKAF) (OTC: VWAGY) is working on pushing into one of the future's most promising markets — that of...
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Flying Cars Are Japan's Newest Transport Fantasy
Tuesday, August 6, 2019 - 12:52pm | 614Read More...In Japan, a flying car floated in the air for about a minute, within a caged demonstration zone in suburban Tokyo – the first of many to come in a country that is now determined to become a leader in the passenger flying car industry. In many ways, the flying car bears an uncanny resemblance to a...
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5 Of The Most Ambitious Tech Projects In The Pipeline
Tuesday, January 3, 2017 - 12:42pm | 625Read More..."You cannot 'disrupt' without incremental innovation being part of the process." — Pearl Zhu The above quote by Pearl Zhu pretty much sums up the need for innovation. In Zhu's "Unpuzzling Innovation: Mastering Innovation Management in a Structural Way," the author elaborates, "Innovation is...
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Could We Have Flying Cars Before Driverless Ones?
Thursday, June 9, 2016 - 11:43am | 433Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) CEO Larry Page may be doing more to radically change the future of transportation than even his visionary friend Elon Musk. Page just doesn’t like to talk about it. Bloomberg’s Ashlee Vance reported that while Musk’s Tesla Motors Inc (...













