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Middle East Buyers Sign for 600 Xpeng Land Aircraft Carriers

Aircraft can be carried by electric van to suitable flying areas

Aridge X3-F flight demo in Dubai — Xpeng AeroHT, which has rebranded as Aridge, demonstrated its X3-F eVTOL aircraft in Dubai and took orders for 600 Land Aircraft Carriers, which combine the X3-F and a van that can carry it to flying locations.

By Matt Thurber • Editor-in-Chief

October 23, 2025

While conducting a demonstration event this week that included flying the aircraft portion of its Land Aircraft Carrier in Dubai, Xpeng AeroHT signed purchase agreements for 600 of the eVTOL aircraft and car combination. The aircraft consists of the X3-F air module and a six-wheeled van-like ground vehicle that carries the X3-F to suitable locations for flight. Parent company Xpeng manufactures electric cars.

Xpeng AeroHT, which has rebranded as Aridge, previously flew a demonstrator eVTOL aircraft—the X2—in Dubai in 2022. According to Aridge, the October 20 X3-F flight made it “the first Chinese flying car company to obtain permission for an overseas manned aircraft flight.” The X2 flight presumably wasn’t crewed; at the time, Xpeng did not say that a pilot was onboard the two-seat aircraft.

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