Xpeng's Flying Car Unit Aeroht Secures $150 Million in New Funding
Xpeng's Flying Car Unit Aeroht Secures $150 Million in New Funding
Xpeng Aeroht has secured $150 million in Series B1 funding and launched a Series B2 round. Its last round was in October 2021, when it was valued at over $1 billion pre-investment.
小鹏飞行汽车（Aeroht）已获得1.5亿美元的B1系列融资，并启动了B2系列轮。它的最后一轮是在2021年10月进行的，当时它的投资前估值超过10亿美元。
Xpeng Aeroht, the flying car subsidiary of Xpeng (NYSE: XPEV), has secured a new funding round, after closing its last round about 3 years ago.
小鹏汽车（NYSE：XPEV）旗下的飞行汽车子公司小鹏飞行汽车获得了新一轮融资，在约3年前结束了上一轮融资。
Xpeng Aeroht secured $150 million in Series B1 funding and launched a Series B2 round, the company announced today.
小鹏飞行汽车今天宣布获得1.5亿元人民币B1系列轮融资，并启动了B2系列轮。
The latest financing will be used for the development, mass production and commercialization of Xpeng Aeroht's flying cars, the company said.
公司表示，最新的融资将用于小鹏飞行汽车飞行汽车的开发、大规模生产和商业化。
Xpeng Aeroht is about to build the world's first factory that can mass-produce flying cars using assembly lines in the Guangzhou development zone, which will first be used to produce the flying body portion of its modular flying car, according to the company.
小鹏飞行汽车计划在广州开发区建造全球首个能够使用装配线批量生产飞行汽车的工厂，该工厂将首先用于生产其模块化飞行汽车的飞行车体部分。
Xpeng Aeroht plans to begin pre-sales of the modular flying car in the fourth quarter of this year, it said, repeating a previously mentioned target.
公司计划于今年第四季度开始预售模块化飞行汽车，并重申了此前提出的目标。
The latest funding comes nearly three years after Xpeng Aeroht's last round of funding, which the company announced on October 19, 2021, when it closed more than $500 million in Series A funding.
这是小鹏飞行汽车近三年来的最新一轮融资，当时公司在2021年10月19日宣布了A轮融资，募集了超过5亿元人民币。
Xpeng Aeroht mentioned its pre-investment valuation of over $1 billion when announcing its last funding round, with investors including IDG Capital, 5Y Capital, and Xpeng. It did not mention an updated valuation or investor information today.
小鹏飞行汽车在宣布上一轮融资时提到了超过10亿美元的投资前估值，投资者包括IDG资本、五源资本和小鹏。公司今天没有提到更新的估值或投资者信息。
Xpeng Aeroht was founded in 2013 as a tech unit majority-owned by Guangzhou-based Xpeng and its chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng.
小鹏飞行汽车成立于2013年，是总部位于广州的小鹏及其董事长兼CEO何小鹏控股的科技部门。
At the Shanghai auto show in April 2021, the company unveiled the X1, which is the size of a regular car and can take off and land vertically in a parking space.
在2021年4月的上海车展上，公司推出了巨大的X1，可在停车场垂直起飞和降落，与普通汽车相当大小。
Aeroht's flying car development path would include electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flying cars and modular flying cars, Xpeng said at the October 24, 2023, tech day event.
小鹏表示，Aeroht的飞行汽车开发路径将包括电动垂直起飞和降落（eVTOL）飞行汽车和模块化飞行汽车。
The modular vehicle will consist of a flying car and a parent vehicle that will power the car.
模块化车辆将由飞行汽车和用于驱动汽车的父级车辆组成。
The mother vehicle will have an extended-range powertrain, 6*6 all-wheel drive, and support rear-wheel steering.
2023年3月21日，小鹏航空的飞行汽车飞行部分，产品代号X3-F的型号证书申请被中国中南地区民航管理局接受。
On July 4, Xpeng Aeroht signed an investment and cooperation agreement with the Guangzhou development zone authorities to build a research, development, manufacturing and sales center for flying cars in the area.
7月4日，小鹏飞行汽车与广州开发区政府签署了一份投资合作协议，将在该地区建立一个研发、制造和销售飞行汽车的中心。
Xpeng Aeroht is accelerating the commercialization process and has so far signed deals with nearly 60 flight camps, it said today.
公司正在加快商业化进程，迄今已与近60个飞行营地签订了协议。
Xpeng Aeroht to build plant in Guangzhou for mass production of flying cars
小鹏飞行汽车将在广州建立飞行汽车大规模生产基地。