Xpeng AeroHT, an affilaite of Xpeng, goals to ship its flying automobile to prospects in 2026, the Chinese language electrical car maker’s co-president advised CNBC on Friday,

Final 12 months, Xpeng AeroHT launched the Land Plane Provider — a big truck with a flying two-seater passenger electrical drone inside. The flying automobile can detach from the truck, and folks can then get into the drone and fly it.

Brian Gu, co-president of Xpeng, stated the car shall be obtainable for pre-order this 12 months, including that the corporate hopes to ship the unit in 2026.

“The rationale we’re assured, as a result of we’re designing this for the use not in city facilities, however for outskirts in scenic areas the place … we are going to work with municipalities to create flying parks and flying zones that permit folks to take pleasure in flying with out the trouble of getting all of the difficult approvals,” Gu famous.

Xpeng stated this 12 months that the flying automobile is at the moment going by means of a certification course of with the Chinese language aviation regulator.

The 2026 timeline is barely later than the fourth-quarter 2025 supply goal that Xpeng had beforehand touted.

Gu stated passengers won’t require a particular license to fly the drone for preliminary use.

“As a result of we’re utilizing leisure and sports activities associated use case for the preliminary use of that flying system. As you progress extra nearer to city … facilities, you do want particular licenses and that shall be much more difficult to get approval for,” Gu stated.

Xpeng has been trying to develop into different areas of electrical mobility, with firm CEO He Xiaopeng beforehand telling CNBC that robotics and flying vehicles have been a part of the corporate’s longer-term objectives.