Remove Visitors gather near the Xpeng Aeroht’s "Land Aircraft Carrier" world's first modular flying car, during its global launch in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on October 12, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP A Chinese firm this week began trial production of flying cars stated to be the next-generation in the world of transportation, ahead of U.S. firm Tesla and others plans to launch the same shortly. Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car affiliate of Chinese electric vehicle maker Xpeng on Monday (November 3, 2025) began trial production at the world’s first intelligent factory for mass-produced flying cars — a milestone in the commercialisation of next-generation transport. Located in the Huangpu district of Guangzhou, the capital of south China’s Guangdong Province, the 120,000-square-metre plant has already rolled out the first detachable electric aircraft of its modular flying car, the “Land Aircraft Carrier”, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported. The facility is designed to have an annual production capacity of 10,000 detachable aircraft modules, with an initial capacity of 5,000 units. It has the largest production capacity of any factory of its kind, and will be capable of assembling one aircraft every 30 minutes once fully operational, the report said. Xpeng announced the plan ahead of Tesla launching its flying car version. Musk’s flying car status Meanwhile, Tesla CEO Elon Musk told Fox News that his firm is getting closer to building a flying car. "We're getting close to demonstrating the prototype," Mr. Musk was quoted as saying on Monday (November 3). "And I think this will be … one thing I can guarantee is that this product demo will be unforgettable." "Whether it's good or bad, it will be unforgettable," Mr. Musk said. Asked for specifics about the technology, like whether the automobile would have a "retractable wing", Mr. Musk just said the unveiling "has a shot at being the most memorable product unveil ever". Mr. Musk said that the car would "hopefully" be unveiled "in a couple months."