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Automobile industry is regarded as another hot emerging industry in the future after electric vehicle and automatic driving. Boeing and Boeing announced a few days ago that they would jointly develop a concept electric vehicle to transport passengers in the city. Prior to this, the fields of,,, Uber, etc. have stepped into this new type of transportation. Deloitte's mobile travel future flying car report predicts that the U.S. air taxi market alone will reach $17 billion in 2040. For auto giants and start-ups, this will undoubtedly be a new opportunity. Geely last year acquired Terrafugia, a flying car company founded in 2006 by five MIT graduates. After the acquisition of Terrafugia, the American flying car brand, Geely Automobile Group has made a great speech. In 2020, the annual sales target of the brand's flying cars is 3 million, and the planned rate of new cars is higher than that of the American market. After the investment of funds and relevant resources, Geely will not only assist Terrafugia transition flying car in mass production and listing as soon as possible, but also launch the world's first vertical take-off and landing flying car in 2023, combining helicopter technology. In addition to folding wings, Terrafugia transition, a mass production flying car, can switch ground driving and air flight modes within 1 minute. The power system of Terrafugia transition flying car is equipped with a gasoline in-line four cylinder turbocharged engine, with a maximum speed of 160km / h, a maximum flight height of 3048m, a full air endurance of 640km, a fuel consumption of 19L / h and a take-off and taxiing distance of 425m. The flying car is equipped with many safety accessories, such as airbags, warning belts and parachutes. However, if you want to drive such a special flying car, you can't drive it with a normal driver's license. In 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) designated the flying car as a light sport aircraft, so you must meet the national highway and traffic safety management standards of the United States, and the consumers who want to drive this flying car must have a flight license. In November 2018, at the drone Week exhibition held in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Audi, Airbus group and Italian car styling design studio Italdesign showed the pop. Up next, a prototype flying taxi car jointly developed by the three parties. This flying taxi concept car contains a functional electric vehicle and an aircraft containing a passenger. During the first open flight test, adopting the flight mode can accurately transport the passenger cabin to the test site, and then let the vehicle adopt the ground mode to become a self driving electric vehicle and drive out of the test site in the automatic driving mode. The proportion of pop. Up next's test prototype car is 1:4. After the formal mass production in the future, it can take on the general passenger carrying task. Users can use this kind of flying taxi to shuttle between several big cities, which can fly in the air, or on the ground, one car can do it. Audi is also working with the local government in Ingolstadt, where its headquarters is located, to support the local flying mobile taxi program, which will also test the feasibility of flying taxi operation in the early stage, and this program is part of the European smart city community partnership program of the European Union. As early as a year ago, German Chancellor Angela Merkel signed a letter of intent with Audi and Airbus group, which not only let the taxis jointly built by the two sides carry out air test in ingostadt, but also announced that Airbus group plans to transport the tourists from Paris Charles de Gaulle airport to the downtown of Paris during the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, reducing the traffic pressure from the airport to the downtown of Paris, At present, it takes about an hour to take the subway from the airport to the city. Unfortunately, Audi issued a statement at the time of this article, saying that it has suspended all work of pop.up next air taxi, reviewed the partnership with Airbus, and said that it is developing a new direction for its urban air traffic plan, but has not yet made a decision on future products. Audi believes that it will take a long time for air taxis, which do not need passengers to change cars, to achieve mass production. A study by Porsche consulting predicted that the urban air traffic market will accelerate after 2025, and the blue ocean of the market will be identified. Porsche officially announced its participation in the war, and announced the blueprint of the flying car plan for the first time at the 2018 Geneva auto show. On October 10, 2019, Porsche and Boeing, the US aircraft manufacturer, reached an agreement to jointly analyze the market potential of high-end air vehicles and their possible use in densely populated cities. It is also planned to develop a concept electric vehicle to manufacture flying vehicles for taxis and sharing behavior. The prototype flying vehicle adopts VTOL (vertical take-off and landing) form to get rid of runway restrictions and apply to more scenes. Boeing, Porsche and their subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are developing all electric VTOL concept vehicles. Engineers from Porsche, Boeing, Porsche engineering services and Porsche studios will be responsible for the implementation and testing of the prototype. Earlier this year, Boeing carried out its first test flight of an aerial prototype vehicle, which can accommodate two to four passengers and can fly 80 kilometers. Porsche hopes to expand its business as a manufacturer by becoming a leading brand in high-end travel. In the long run, this means that tourism travel will enter the third dimension. Uber released a white paper on flying cars in 2016, with the vision of launching a city service shared flying car and realizing vertical takeoff and landing. Uber announced in November 2018 that it would cooperate with the U.S. Army to develop a set of low-noise flying vehicle technology products, which is expected to be officially launched in 2023. This rotorcraft with vertical take-off capability and low noise will use force, with a single charging range of 97 km and a maximum speed of 322 km / h. in the future, it will also use the way to improve convenience. Uber is likely to use Uber's flying car sharing service in the central business district of Melbourne and Sydney in five years as soon as possible. The Australian government says it has started discussions with Uber about the suitability of flying taxis or sharing cars, including meeting the regulations and infrastructure of flying cars of the Australian government. In recent years, Uber has been looking for a city that can formally meet the demand of flying car rental. At the same time, Uber has also focused on the weather, traffic supervision, environmental protection and other laws and regulations in the operation area, as well as the establishment license of helicopter airport, etc., as well as the local power grid, real estate partners and the aviation regulatory environment of various countries. In addition, Uber also works with Bell helicopters, Aurora Flight Sciences, Pipistral aircraft, Embraer and Mooney to build vehicles and necessary infrastructure. At the end of 2018, opener, a US start-up company supported by Larry Page, the co-founder of Google, announced that it would launch a flying car blackfly that can meet personal travel needs without a driver's license. According to oper, blackfly can carry a passenger and a pilot, and emphasizes that the final cost may be the same as that of a flying car that can take off and land vertically. Compared with a helicopter or a private aircraft, blackfly is quieter, safer, easier to use and cheaper to operate. At present, the operator blackfly has completed the test flight in the United States and Canada, and has flown more than 64km in Canada at a ground speed of 116km / h. OPENER BlackFly is currently classified as a light aircraft in the United States, so it can be used legally without flying license. However, according to the current US regulations, the flying car can still be used only in the suburbs. As more and more people invest in it, maybe in the future, like the self driving vehicle, the first pilot or part of the regional open mode will enable more people to realize their dreams. NFT (next future transportation), an Israeli start-up company in the United States, released a flying concept vehicle Aska that can take off and land vertically in June this year. The Aska flying concept vehicle adopts the wing design of four-wheel vehicle. The biggest difference between the Aska flying concept vehicle and other flying vehicles is the number and position of propeller. The concept flying vehicle has a total of 16 groups of propeller, nine of which are installed in the front and rear of the vehicle, and the other two groups of propeller are installed on both sides of the folding wing. Because of the design of folding wing and propeller, it can take off and land vertically. The NFT said that the Aska flight concept car uses an engine, but did not disclose the engine's power output parameters. It only claimed that its longest flight distance can reach 563km with the help of a gasoline engine, and the cabin can accommodate up to three passengers. The car will also be used in road and air autopilot. In May 2018, Joby aviation, a California based start-up company, announced that it had raised $100 million from major investors such as Intel, Jet Blue and Toyota to develop evotl vertical takeoff and landing vehicles. The evtol vertical take-off and landing aircraft with the concept of 3D movement is a self driving electric vehicle on the flat ground, which becomes an unmanned electric vehicle when lifted off. Intel said it believes that future mobile transportation will be driven by data, whether by autopilot or air travel. Joby aviation has always been focused on providing unique vehicles to the market, which is a technology with a real subversion of the tradition, and will likely promote the geographical boundaries of people's lives and work. According to Joby Aviation, the eVOTL VTOL is a prototype based on a five seater vehicle. It will be faster than the existing propeller aircraft. In the future, it will be charged at 150 miles, 100 times quieter than the traditional aircraft when it takes off and lands. Fearing that Japan's auto industry is lagging behind in the development of global emerging technologies, from autonomous driving and sharing cars to flying cars, the Japanese government hopes to commercialize flying cars in Japan by 2020, with the promotion of official forces, and has recruited companies such as Subaru, Uber and Bo Yin to join the program. In November 2018, the Ministry of economy and industry of the Japanese government launched the project. The Japanese language flying Kuruma on the proposal of the Ministry of industry and industry means flying car, while the English version means future air mobility. It's not just a car, it's a mobile service. Flying cars are a global industry trend, and Japan doesn't want to stay out of it. Japanese officials hope to revise the map of Japan for flying cars, and several enterprises will participate in the plan, but the Japanese government has not yet set a timetable. People familiar with Uber Japan, Subaru, Boeing, Japan Airlines, All Nippon Airways, NEC, cartivator, and other enterprises across the automobile and aviation industry are all involved in the plan. Among them, Subaru 's own space sector also produces attack helicopters for the Japanese self defense forces. Conclusion: the future world is full of variables. The shape and power of the car may not be what we see now. It is still impossible to predict when the flying car will be popularized, but people are full of expectations for the flying car to change the traffic congestion. Before that, the safety of flying vehicles, relevant laws and regulations, route planning, supervision and parking must also be fully prepared.