Xpeng Aridge Flying Car Draws 90+ Daily Orders at Beijing Auto Show — 7,000 Total Pre-Orders; He Xiaopeng Targets FSD Lead Over Tesla by August 2026

Xpeng's dedicated flying car subsidiary Aridge drew record crowds and exceeded 90 orders in a single day at Auto China 2026 on Sunday April 27, bringing total pre-orders for the 'Land Aircraft Carrier' modular flying car to 7,000 units. The Aridge product concept features a car body with a detachable aerial module capable of carrying passengers; Xpeng has targeted 2027 mass production at a price point accessible to affluent individual buyers — making it the world's first civilian flying car positioned for mass market sale rather than pure concept demonstration. Alongside the order momentum, Xpeng CEO He Xiaopeng made a significant competitive declaration: Xpeng's intelligent driving system will surpass Tesla's Full Self-Driving (FSD) in China by August 2026. This target — public and time-bound — reflects the dramatic reversal of the competitive dynamic in autonomous vehicle development, where Chinese regulators and consumers have enabled faster real-world deployment of autonomous features than the US regulatory environment. The GX robotaxi's four in-house Turing chips delivering 3,000 TOPS uses Xpeng's Vehicle-Language-Action (VLA) 2.0 physical AI system, processing sensor data end-to-end without modular hand-offs. With 98.52% of new Xpeng owners activating intelligent driving features in their first week, Xpeng's data advantage compounds rapidly. The flying car's commercial traction at Auto China 2026 validates China's unique regulatory and consumer environment for emerging mobility forms: where Western regulators are still debating eVTOL certification frameworks, Chinese consumers are placing pre-orders for 2027 delivery. The Aridge flying car alongside IRON humanoid robot production (Q4 2026) and the GX robotaxi represent the three pillars of Xpeng's physical AI ecosystem — the most comprehensive integrated mobility-AI-robotics platform from a single Chinese company.