@interestingengineering: On August 12, 2026, Heart Aerospace flew the largest battery-electric aircraft ever built for 27 minutes, on about $5 of electricity, and it still needed a runway. In Guangzhou, XPeng's aviation arm Aridge has opened a factory sized for 10,000 flying cars a year that need no runway at all. We break down the engineering behind eVTOLs, the battery physics holding them back, and who is actually winning the race.

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Saturday 22 August 2026 08:00:08 GMT