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Ras Al Khaimah’s ruler receives ARIDGE’s first test-zone aircraft
Reported
ARIDGE’s founder, Zhao Deli, wrote on 20 October that the ruler of Ras Al Khaimah, Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, had come to ARIDGE’s mass-production plant in China and signed for the first flying car for test flights in the United Arab Emirates. It is for the test zone ARIDGE and Ras Al Khaimah agreed in September, not a delivery to a customer: ARIDGE’s finance chief said the same day that testing in the Emirates could start in early 2027, with deliveries to customers there in late 2027 or early 2028.
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Where this comes from
- Primary 今天酋长来到我们量产工厂，现场签收了用于阿联酋试验试飞的首架飞行汽车 · Zhao Deli, ARIDGE (Weibo) · 2026-10-20 · ZH
- Primary 酋长亲自上门提飞行汽车，现场很有排面，阵仗非常大 · Zhao Deli, ARIDGE (Weibo) · 2026-10-20 · ZH
- Primary ARIDGE and Ras Al Khaimah agree on a flying-car regulatory sandbox · ARIDGE · 2026-09-20 · ZH