GAC Group made a splash on the 2025 Hong Kong Worldwide Auto and Provide Chain Expo. The spotlight of their exhibit was the international debut and pre-order launch of the Govy AirCab, the model’s first mass-produced multi-rotor flying automotive, signalling GAC’s entry into the “air-ground built-in” journey period.
The Govy AirCab is now accessible for pre-order with a most value of 1.69 million yuan (233,000 USD). This two-seater flying car includes a top-mounted rotor and gull-wing doorways, giving it a futuristic aesthetic.
Key specs and options of the Govy AirCab embody:
- Excessive-density, massive cylindrical batteries that assist 25-minute quick charging for a full cost, with a 50% to 100% cost achievable in simply quarter-hour.
- A cabin geared up with 5G community connectivity, an clever assistant, perfume choice, temperature management, and music switching.
- Superior security options embody a redundant flight management and navigation system, steady system monitoring, and cloud-based self-inspection.
- The fuselage extensively makes use of aviation-grade carbon fibre composite supplies, with over 90% structural carbon fibre, leading to a weight discount of over 30%.
- L4 clever driving system with computing energy exceeding 500 TOPS and a most detection vary of over 300 meters.
- A separable design for the flight cabin and chassis, making certain protected operation even when the facility unit malfunctions.
- Excessive-precision positioning, synchronisation programs, and exact energy and flight perspective management obtain a heading accuracy of ±0.1°.
The vary of the Govy Aircab is 30 kilometres. It is at present present process airworthiness certification. GAC Group plans to start exploring air-ground built-in demonstration operations by the tip of 2025, with airworthiness certification and mass manufacturing supply focused for completion by the tip of 2026.
This transfer positions GAC Group as a major participant within the burgeoning flying automotive market, instantly competing with different innovators like Xpeng AeroHT, whose “Land Plane Provider” modular flying automotive is priced at roughly 2.07 million yuan (288,000 USD) and can be anticipated to start mass manufacturing and supply in 2026.
The trillion-level low-altitude economic system is accelerating the event of flying automobiles, with a number of home automakers, together with Geely and Changan, coming into the flying automotive sector. On the aforementioned 2025 Hong Kong Worldwide Auto and Provide Chain Expo, Deepal Vehicle (a subsidiary of Changan) CEO Deng Chenghao acknowledged that Changan Vehicle will full its flying automotive check flight by the tip of 2025.
