Aridge
Data verified as of Jul 17, 2026
Summary
Aridge — known as XPeng AeroHT until an October 2025 rebrand — is the Guangzhou-based flying-car affiliate of EV maker XPeng, majority-owned by XPeng and its CEO He Xiaopeng. Its flagship Land Aircraft Carrier pairs a six-wheel hybrid van with a detachable two-seat eVTOL air module that the van stores, recharges, and auto-launches. The company has taken 7,000+ pre-orders at under RMB 2M apiece (including a 600-unit Middle East bulk order), completed the world's first flying-car mass-production factory in Guangzhou (first module off the line November 2025, 10,000 units/year design capacity), and has raised roughly $1B in equity — with first customer deliveries targeted for late 2026 pending CAAC certification and a confidential Hong Kong IPO filed in January 2026. A six-seat hybrid tiltrotor, the A868, is in flight testing.
Main Products
The world's first modular flying car: a six-wheel, 4–5-seat extended-range-hybrid 800V 'mothership' van that stores, recharges, and auto-launches a detachable two-seat eVTOL air module (X3-F: six rotors plus two ducted fans, ~50 kWh battery, 30→80% recharge in 18 minutes, manual single-stick or autonomous flight). Combined system range exceeds 1,000 km on the ground.
Pilot production underway at the Guangzhou plant (first module November 2025); 7,000+ pre-orders at under RMB 2M. CAAC accepted the X3-F's type-certificate application in March 2024 and its production-certificate application in May 2025; first deliveries targeted late 2026 pending certification.
Six-seat hybrid-electric full-tiltrotor aircraft unveiled at XPeng AI Day in November 2025 — Aridge's move from short-hop flying cars into longer-range regional air mobility, with a range above 500 km and top speed above 360 km/h.
Prototype in critical flight-test verification since November 2025; production start targeted for 2026 per AI Day statements.
Fifth-generation two-seat electric octocopter demonstrator with a 130 km/h top speed and ~35-minute flight time. Not for sale — it validated XPeng's eVTOL technology and still tours international shows.
Technology demonstrator; first public flight at Skydive Dubai in October 2022, displayed at KLIMS as recently as June 2026.
What's Next
First Land Aircraft Carrier customer deliveries
He Xiaopeng reaffirmed at the April 2026 Beijing Auto Show that mass production and first deliveries are planned 'within 2026', with volume ramp in 2027 — contingent on the CAAC granting the X3-F air module its type and airworthiness certificates, which remain pending. The factory is in pilot production and CALB's aviation batteries are in mass production.
Operations & Revenue
Aridge's Guangzhou plant (completed September 2025, first module off the line November 3, 2025) is in pilot production, with roughly 20 aircraft in build during an April 2026 press visit and CALB mass-producing its aviation batteries since March 2026. Pre-orders exceed 7,000. Freshly recapitalized with ~$200M (March 2026) and with a confidential HK IPO filed (January 2026), the company reaffirms first customer deliveries 'within 2026' and large-scale deliveries in 2027 — all contingent on CAAC type and airworthiness certification, which has not yet been granted.
Key Metrics
Employees
Undisclosed (Crunchbase est. 1,000–5,000)
Est. Annual Revenue
Pre-revenue — no customer deliveries yet (air module still awaiting CAAC airworthiness certification); funded by ≈$1B cumulative equity plus an $800M+ bank credit line
Factory Capacity
10,000 units/year design capacity (120,000 m² Guangzhou plant; ~1 aircraft per 30 min at full rate)
Certification Status
X3-F air module: CAAC TC application accepted Mar 2024, PC application accepted May 2025 — type certificate not yet granted
Timeline
Aridge confidentially files for a Hong Kong IPO in January 2026 with JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley as underwriters, raises ~$200M in March (bringing total equity raised to roughly $1B), and logs 90+ orders in a single day at the April Beijing Auto Show as CALB begins mass-producing its aviation batteries. Deliveries are reaffirmed for 'within 2026'.
Completes a $250M Series B in July 2025 (a $150M B1 tranche led by Guangzhou state investors in August 2024 plus a $100M B2) at a ~$1B valuation. In September, two eVTOLs collide during a Changchun Air Show rehearsal flown with insufficient separation; one aircraft crashes and burns, injuring the pilot.
In October 2025 the company rebrands from XPeng AeroHT to Aridge ('Air' + 'Bridge') at a Dubai event where the Land Aircraft Carrier makes its first public manned flight abroad — the first Chinese flying-car firm granted a UAE GCAA manned flight permit — and lands a 600-unit bulk order from GCC dealers Ali & Sons, Almana, and ALSAYER, pushing global pre-orders past 7,000.
On November 3, 2025 the first X3-F flying module rolls off the line at Aridge's 120,000 m² Guangzhou plant — the world's first flying-car mass-production facility, with a 10,000-unit/year design capacity. Days later, Aridge unveils the A868, a six-seat hybrid full-tiltrotor with >500 km range and >360 km/h top speed, already in flight testing.
The CAAC accepts the type-certificate application for the Land Aircraft Carrier's X3-F air module in March 2024. The modular flying car makes its first public flight in November 2024 and opens pre-sales at under RMB 2M, drawing roughly 2,000 initial pre-orders.
Funding
Cumulative disclosed raise · dated rounds