Two flying vehicles crashed into one another at a rehearsal for an air present in China which was meant to be a showcase for the know-how.
The Xpeng AeroHT automobiles collided in mid-air, with one catching fireplace throughout touchdown, the corporate stated in a press release to Reuters.
The corporate stated individuals on the scene had been protected, however CNN reported one particular person was injured within the crash, citing an nameless firm worker.
The rehearsals on Tuesday had been for the Changchun Air Present, set to start out later this week in north-east China.
BBC Information has contacted Xpeng for remark.
Footage on Chinese language social media web site Weibo appeared to point out a flaming car on the bottom which was being attended to by fireplace engines.
One car “sustained fuselage injury and caught fireplace upon touchdown,” Xpeng AeroHT stated in a press release to CNN.
“All personnel on the scene are protected, and native authorities have accomplished on-site emergency measures in an orderly method,” it added.
The electrical flying vehicles take off and land vertically, and the corporate is hoping to promote them for round $300,000 (£220,000) every.
In January, Xpeng claimed to have round 3,000 orders for the car.
The Chinese language firm is among the largest producers of electrical automobiles (EVs) on this planet, lately increasing into Europe.
The flying vehicles are made by its subsidiary, AeroHT.
There are nonetheless appreciable hurdles for this type of transport by way of infrastructure, regulation and public acceptance.
Nevertheless, some analysts say China is trying to copy the success it has had with EVs, by pushing early adoption of a tech that may finally change into broadly used.
It has stated it needs to steer the world within the “low-altitude financial system”.
Final 12 months, a pioneering European flying automobile agency was purchased by a Chinese language agency.
