Xpeng's Aridge Prices Land Aircraft Carrier Below 2 Million Yuan, but Orders, Deliveries and Permits Remain Unsettled
Why It MattersA sub-$300,000 combined van-and-eVTOL price points to a consumer-scale flying vehicle, but certification only in China and the UAE confines early demand to those two markets.
Aridge, the Xpeng division formerly known as Xpeng AeroHT, is developing the Land Aircraft Carrier, a six-wheel electric van that carries a two-seat eVTOL aircraft in its rear. The company's declared price ceiling for the complete system, van and aircraft together, is 2 million yuan, which Electrek converts to about $287,700; autoevolution cites almost $300,000, or 258,000 euros. No price has been published for the aircraft alone, and there is no price list with trims or taxes. Xpeng presented the vehicle at the Mondial de l'Auto in Paris (October 12 to 18, 2026), on a stand of more than 1,000 square meters in Hall 6.
The van has six wheels on three axles, each with electric motors and steering, plus a range-extender engine that pushes combined range past 1,000 kilometers. A roof section lifts to release the aircraft, which has two seats and six rotors, weighs about 560 kilograms and can carry up to 760. Its two 25 kWh, 800-volt battery packs give roughly 20 to 30 minutes of flight. Aridge has published no official in-flight range.
Production takes place at a 120,000-square-meter plant in Guangzhou, where the first flight unit rolled out in November 2025. Initial capacity is 5,000 units a year, according to Electrek, while Gulf News reports 10,000 units a year at full rate. Xpeng points to series production and deliveries in 2026, with sales to private buyers in the Middle East expected from 2027. Announced orders exceed 7,000, including 600 units from Gulf companies after the first crewed flight in Dubai on October 12, 2025.
In China, the type certificate application was accepted in March 2024 and the production certificate arrived in May 2025. In the UAE, the GCAA granted a special flight permit in September 2025, used for the Dubai demonstration, and certification work is under way with the GCAA and the DCAA. No certification procedure is under way in the United States or Europe, and no sales are announced outside China and the Middle East.
