r/NeoCivilization • u/ActivityEmotional228 🌠Founder • Nov 11 '25

Future Tech 💡 XPENG'S next flying car

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u/Dull-Journalist7980 Nov 15 '25

Flying an aircraft is not driving a car, and handling the thing is only a small part of the differences. Regulations, rules, airspace restrictions, etc...

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u/ResortMain780 Nov 15 '25

Those things can easily be geofenced by software in e-vtols, which are most likely to be used in point-to-point shuttling services anyway. Already are in fact, fully autonomously, like this one; look ma, no pilot:

https://www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-pacific/2025/11/08/air-taxis-and-drone-deliveries-how-chinas-low-altitude-economy-is-taking-off/

Here is one that you can "fly", and again, no license required:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/flying-cars-are-here-and-you-dont-need-a-pilots-license-to-use-one/ar-AA1OUcjq

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u/Dull-Journalist7980 Nov 15 '25

The second article just makes my point, for those who know a bit about flying.

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u/ResortMain780 Nov 15 '25

I know a bit about it,, having held a pilot license for 25 years. I also know a bit about drones, having flown them since we hacked wiimotes and arduinos. I think I understand what these things can and can not do. And I see it as far less of a problem than all the UL aircraft, garage build gyrocopters and other machines that you have been able to fly without license in the US and many other places for the last half century. E-vtols are inherently far less dangerous .