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ifeng.com auto news on september 27, at the 2024 world new energy vehicle conference, xiang changle, academician of the chinese academy of engineering and secretary of the party committee of dalian university of technology, delivered a keynote speech on "the development status and key technologies of flying vehicles."

at present, the domestic low-altitude economy is developing in full swing, and flying cars continue to remain highly popular. xiang changle said that flying cars are an old topic, but they are currently a new concept. the century-old development history has always carried the dream of popular flight. the wright brothers invented the first airplane in december 1903, and in 1917, the world's first flying car was born.

"for a hundred years, developed countries in the world, especially the united states and germany, have been constantly exploring the technology of flying cars, which is to make cars fly. but in the past 15 years, with the development of new energy vehicles, especially electrification and intelligent technologies, the development has given new energy vehicles new forms, new functions such as distributed electric drive and vertical take-off and landing, and given new energy flying vehicles new concepts and forms," ​​xiang changle said.

he believes that flying cars require a high degree of support from the aviation and automotive industries in terms of technology and industrial chain. society has needs and technology has the potential. flying cars in a broad sense are vehicles with low-altitude flight, land-air amphibious movement, and vertical take-off and landing functions. they are an important carrier to meet the needs of urban three-dimensional transportation development and are also the core elements of the current development of low-altitude economy. flying cars have entered a new era.

according to reports, flying cars have room for development in application scenarios such as three-dimensional transportation, emergency rescue, low-altitude logistics, sightseeing experience, and business consulting.

in recent years, various countries have strategically attached great importance to the development of low-altitude economy and flying cars in new forms of transportation. the united states has many relevant policies before 2023. the u.s. federal aviation administration has released an implementation plan for low-altitude transportation, and the british department of transport has also released a "flying future" action plan to create a future flight ecology and a series of policies to promote the future. the development of flying cars will promote the development of low-altitude economy.

our country also encourages the development of new business forms in the low-altitude economy.

as early as 2021, the low-altitude economy was written into the "national comprehensive three-dimensional transportation network planning outline". the 2023 economic work conference, the 2024 government work report, and the third plenary session of the 20th central committee of the communist party of china have all clearly proposed the development of low-altitude general aviation and low-altitude economy.

relevant ministries and commissions have clarified implementation plans. the ministry of transport issued the "outline of the mid- and long-term development plan for scientific and technological innovation in the transportation sector (2021-2035)", which clearly stated that the deployment of research and development of flying cars must strengthen the integration of aircraft and cars, switching between flight and ground driving and other related technologies; october 2023 the "green aviation manufacturing development outline (2023-2035)" issued by the ministry of industry and information technology and others also mentioned the implementation of pilot operations in 2025; the recently issued "implementation plan for innovative application of general aviation equipment (2024-2030)" )", proposing two node goals. among them, by 2027, new general aviation equipment with electric and intelligent technical features will be commercialized in urban air transport, logistics distribution, emergency rescue and other fields.

xiang changle said that the promotion of national strategies and implementation plans of ministries and commissions has a major positive effect on the research and development and market entry of new forms of transportation.

according to calculations,the scale of my country's low-altitude economy has exceeded 500 billion yuan in 2023, and it will reach a trillion-level industry in 2026.according to the predictions of authoritative consulting organizations and morgan stanley, flying cars will have explosive growth in the next 20 years and enter various fields.create a trillion-dollar market。

"the first thing to enter the market should be intelligent unmanned flying cars, which can be used in logistics emergencies, sightseeing demonstrations, and business travel. at this time point, with the continuous promotion of relevant technologies and the promotion of policies, the development of smart cities will down,it is possible that it will be commercially available in the next 5-10 years. xiang changle said.

however, xiang changle also pointed out that there are still many challenges in the development of flying cars, such as safety, energy conservation, system efficiency, and smart management and control.

xiang changle said that flying cars need a lot of technical support to achieve real industrialization and technological breakthroughs. driven by industrial policies and supported by infrastructure, especially three-dimensional transportation becoming popular, it should be said that it will take some time to use it in special scenarios to promote the development of low-altitude economy. as such a carrier, there will be a good development in 3-5 years.

so, faced with such huge development space, how should the automotive industry treat flying cars?

"automobile companies should embrace new technologies just like they embrace smart cars. flying cars are a new business format in the future. the automobile industry cannot say that this has nothing to do with me, but it must actively embrace this aspect." xiang changle said.