Certification
CAAC type certificate application Mar 2024; production certificate application accepted May 2025; on CAAC first compliance roster (Jul 2026)
Launch operators and orders: Private buyers: about 7,000 pre-orders (Apr 2026); mass production from 2026.
Battery: CATL partnership. Charging: Recharged from its six-wheel ground carrier vehicle.
Program record
Program record
| Class | eVTOL passenger |
| Country | China |
| Powertrain | battery-electric |
| Seats or payload | 2 |
| Battery | CATL partnership |
| Charging | Recharged from its six-wheel ground carrier vehicle |
| Autonomy | piloted (simplified controls, automated modes) |
| Certification | CAAC type certificate application Mar 2024; production certificate application accepted May 2025; on CAAC first compliance roster (Jul 2026) |
| Status | active |
| Launch operators and orders | Private buyers: about 7,000 pre-orders (Apr 2026); mass production from 2026 |
| Manufacturing | Guangzhou (Huangpu) |
| Parent or backers | XPeng; renamed from XPeng AeroHT Oct 2025; Hong Kong IPO in preparation |
| Record updated | 2026-10 |
In context
Where it fits
Listed in the eVTOL Directory; Aridge (XPeng) is part of XPeng. Programs are ranked on battery, charging, autonomy, certification stage and launch operators - the factors that decide whether an aircraft enters commercial service.
Sources
Sources and scope
- Scope
- Land Aircraft Carrier (Aridge (XPeng))
- Sources
- ElectronsX aviation dataset; company filings and regulator records
- Updated
- 2026-10