The 1,000 hp Hummer EV may be capable of astonishing feats-it can hit 60 mph in less than three seconds and drive 329 miles on a single charge-but it can also stand to be more efficient. The findings in the study from ACEEE are a reminder that there is still room for improvement as far as battery-powered vehicles are concerned. That’s less than half the 889 grams per miles produced by the original Hummer, but it’s 21 grams per mile more than the Malibu-which arguably defeats one of the main purposes of driving an EV. Because of all the energy needed to move a vehicle that big, the electric truck produces 341 grams of CO2 per mile. It’s 18 feet long, 6.5 feet tall and tips the scales at 9,063 pounds. The new Hummer, in both size and weight, is anything but traditional. The Chevrolet Volt EV produces 92 grams of CO2 per mile, whereas the gas-powered Chevy Malibu is responsible for 320 grams per mile. Have a look and let us know what you think.Photo by Jim Frenak-FPI Studios, courtesy of General Motors.ĭespite this, the emissions generated by a traditionally sized electric car are still far lower than those generated by their gas-powered counterparts. We had trouble pulling this video from Weibo because we’re in a different country, but shoutout to CnEVPost for putting it on YouTube. Perhaps this is the setup we can expect to see in the 2024 model promised? Where do you put that throttle joystick when you’re in normal drive mode? XPeng is clearly working on it. It looks like the pilot uses the throttle to control movement flying up, down, forward, and reverse, then uses the traditional car steering to move left and right. We are constantly experimenting with the ‘flying car control logic’ that integrates land and air to verify its feasibility at the same time, we are also exploring other possible control methods.Īs you’ll see below, the eVTOL prototype is equipped with an XPeng Motors branded steering wheel in addition to a throttle on the right. We hope that the final driving mode is as simple and easy to learn as a car. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Huitian students are also actively exploring and experimenting. Join Facebook to connect with Gm Hover and others you may know.
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Many students are curious about how to operate a flying car. The latest flying car video was posted to the XPeng Huitian/ HT Aero Weibo page today, along with the following caption: Check out XPeng’s latest “flying car” video That being said, the footage does show promising progress in electrified flight and HT Aero is taking a unique approach to the design that is definitely more car-like. Here’s a rendering video XPeng teased of the flying car last fall:Īs you’ll see in the latest video from XPeng below, HT Aero still has a long way to go before it starts delivering anything close to resembling a flying car. This actual flying car was unveiled this past October and is scheduled to arrive in 2024 and only cost about $155,000. XPeng’s HT Aero has already shared video footage testing the X2 in extreme environments and high altitudes as it works toward delivering its sixth-generation model. Speaking of which, the X2 is the company’s fifth-generation “flying car.” Although it doesn’t have wheels, HT Aero refers to the X2 as a flying car, because it shares much of the same design DNA as the XPeng P7 sedan. This began with the T1 eVTOL (electric vertical takeoff and landing) vehicle in 2019, followed by the X1 in 2020, which appears to be the model demonstrated in the video below, given that it doesn’t have a roof like the X2. Since its foundation in 2013, HT Aero has conducted over 15,000 safely manned flights with the goal of combining automotive and aerospace technologies to develop safe, domestic electric flying vehicles at scale. HT Aero is the rebranded name of XPeng Huitian, a majority-owned entity of XPeng Inc. It has the XPeng Motors steering wheel and everything – check it out.
XPeng Huitian (aka HT Aero) recently posted a video to Weibo demonstrating an eVTOL prototype taking off, flying around, and being maneuvered like a car. Urban air mobility (UAM) company HT Aero continues to make progress toward the “flying car” it has promised to deliver by 2024.