Aridge sales manager says small-batch deliveries could start in the second half of 2027

MyDrivers reported on November 6, 2026 that Yang Jinbo, a terminal sales manager at 小鹏汇天, said at the 2026 China International Import Expo in Shanghai that small-batch deliveries of the company's flying car could start as early as the second half of next year. The article is dated November 6, 2026, bylined 雪花, and says the expo had already opened. "预计最快" is the article's wording: expected at the earliest. It is not a calendar date, and it is not a statement that deliveries have begun. XPulse's English report the same day, citing MyDrivers, says the same thing and names him an ARIDGE sales manager. This site tracks 小鹏汇天, formerly XPeng AeroHT, as Aridge.

MyDrivers says the pre-sale price currently announced publicly is RMB 2 million, and that the purchase includes one training place toward a pilot's licence. MyDrivers says that place is the training qualification only. The licence does not come with the vehicle. The driver still has to pass a medical examination, a theory examination and a practical flying examination, in that order, before holding a legal flying qualification. XPulse reports the same price and the same three steps. RMB 2 million including a training place is a reported pre-sale price. It is not published here as an official list price. The 2024 figure of under RMB 2 million, and the RMB 20,000 pre-order deposit from that earlier reporting, stay on the tracker as those earlier reports. This November 6 article does not repeat the deposit, and it does not withdraw it.

What MyDrivers does not call a certificate

MyDrivers says whether the product can actually be delivered, and whether an ordinary owner can legally take off, still depends on the progress of the full airworthiness certification process and on local low-altitude flight rules. That sentence is the article's. It does not say a type certificate has been issued. The Land Aircraft Carrier row still records a CAAC type-certificate application accepted in March 2024, a production-certificate application accepted in May 2025, and the chief financial officer's October 20 statement that the aircraft is at the TIA stage with the final type certificate pending. A TIA stage is not an issued type certificate. Acceptance of an application is not an issued type certificate. MyDrivers does not mention those steps.

MyDrivers also writes, as "previously published" usage requirements, that the driver needs a small-helicopter licence, that legal everyday flight is limited to within 120 metres, and that a typical cruise speed is about 60 kilometres an hour. Those figures are the article's reference to an earlier publication. This page did not open that earlier document. They are not a measurement taken at the expo, and they are not added to the tracker as new specifications.

The article's closing advice is that ordinary buyers need not rush to pay a large sum in advance to lock an order. That is advice in the article. It is not a statement that pre-orders have been cancelled.

MyDrivers says Yang also told the expo that, at the earliest, ordinary individual users would be able to fly the aircraft at low altitude next year. That sentence uses the same "at the earliest" framing as the delivery line. A licence is still the three examinations above. "Next year" there is not a day.

The CFO's window is a separate statement

XPulse says Aridge has yet to announce a date within 2027. That is XPulse's characterization. On October 20, chief financial officer Michael Du told Khaleej Times that consumer deliveries could begin in late 2027 under an ideal scenario and could slip into early 2028. Those remain targets. Yang's "as early as the second half of 2027" sits inside that window. It does not move the October 20 dates, and this page does not add a slipped-timeline row. XPulse's November 6 article also retells founder Zhao Deli's August interview, including the line that the company would try to start deliveries in 2027 while it worked through airworthiness. That interview is already the August delivery note. This page does not treat the retelling as a new event.

MyDrivers calls the product a 小鹏飞行汽车. It does not use the name Land Aircraft Carrier. XPulse reports Yang's remarks as ARIDGE flying-car timing and, later in the same piece, describes the Land Aircraft Carrier while retelling Zhao. This page records the remark on the Land Aircraft Carrier row because that is the Aridge aircraft this site tracks. It does not treat MyDrivers as having printed that English name.

The photograph

The photograph is the Land Aircraft Carrier's six-wheel ground vehicle at Auto Guangzhou in 2025. It is not a picture from the China International Import Expo, and it is not a delivered aircraft.

What is not established

No type certificate is stated as issued. No certification basis is stated in the November 6 articles. The second-half-of-2027 line is "could" and "at the earliest." It is not a delivery that has happened, and it is not a date this page is logging as a slip. The RMB 2 million figure is a reported pre-sale price that includes one training place. It is not an official list price, and the training place is not the licence. The 120-metre limit, the 60-kilometre-an-hour cruise and the small-helicopter licence are MyDrivers' reference to previously published requirements. This page did not open those requirements. No firm order count is stated in these two articles. XPulse's retelling of an April remark about more than 7,000 orders is background from an earlier Reuters report. It is not a new order.

Sources

Facts as reported by the linked sources as of Nov 11, 2026. Company targets are plans, not guarantees. Corrections: see About.