在新加坡举行的世界智能交通大会上，德国电动飞行出租车研发公司Volocopter成功完成首次载人飞行。今年9月，Volocopter获得了来自吉利控股集团领投、戴姆勒股份公司参投的共计5000万欧元（约合3.9亿人民币）C轮融资，双方各持股10%。据悉，吉利将负责Volocopter产品在中国的生产和市场推广。

在本次试飞过程中，Volocopter使用了一架该公司最新的2X型号飞机，飞越了新加坡滨海湾，飞行距离约为1.5公里，飞行时间2分30秒，平均巡航高度40米。此外，Volocopter还展示了其配套的起降基础设施（VoloPort）。

Volocopte成立于2011年，一直致力于探索空中电动出行服务。其于2017-2018年间完成了无人空中出租车的成功试飞以及空中交通管制系统兼容测试，为本次载人飞行测试奠定了技术基础。今年9月份，吉利控股集团领衔戴姆勒股份公司共向Volocopter投入了5000万欧元（约合3.9亿人民币）C轮融资，双方将各持股10%，前者还将负责Volocopter产品在中国的生产和市场推广。

事实上，近几年来，不少传统车企都纷纷把研究方向延伸到了飞行汽车领域，但大多的进度都不如人意。前不久，奥迪以研发周长为由，暂停了与空客的空中出租车计划。虽然前路漫漫，但是吉利控股集团董事长李书福仍然持乐观态度，他表示，“Volocopter是全球城市创新出行模式的引领者，吉利控股将助力其开拓中国市场，为用户提供最佳的出行体验。未来，吉利控股还将与戴姆勒携手，持续探索并引领电动出行和数字化服务等领域的发展。”

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At the world Intelligent Transportation Conference held in Singapore, volocopter, a German electric taxi research and development company, successfully completed its first manned flight. In September this year, volocopter obtained a total of 50 million euros (about 390 million yuan) C rounds of financing from Geely Holding Group leading investment and Daimler Co., Ltd., each holding 10% of shares. It is reported that Geely will be responsible for the production and marketing of volocopter products in China.
During the test flight, volocopter used a company's latest 2x aircraft to fly over the Binhai Bay of Singapore, with a flight distance of about 1.5km, a flight time of 2:30s and an average cruising altitude of 40m. In addition, volocopter also demonstrated its supporting takeoff and landing infrastructure (voloport).

Volocopte was founded in 2011 and has been committed to exploring air electric travel services. In 2017-2018, it completed the successful test flight of unmanned air taxi and the compatibility test of air traffic control system, laying a technical foundation for this manned flight test. In September this year, Geely Holding Group led Daimler Co., Ltd. invested 50 million euros (about 390 million yuan) in C rounds of financing to volocopter, each of which will hold 10% of the shares. The former will also be responsible for the production and marketing of volocopter products in China.

In fact, in recent years, many traditional car companies have extended their research direction to the field of flying cars, but most of the progress is not satisfactory. Not long ago, Audi suspended its air taxi program with Airbus, citing its R & D perimeter. Although there is a long way to go, Li Shufu, chairman of Geely Holding Group, is still optimistic. He said, "volocopter is the leader of global urban innovative travel mode, and Geely Holding will help it develop the Chinese market and provide users with the best travel experience. In the future, Geely Holding will continue to explore and lead the development of electric travel and digital services together with Daimler. "（文编译/ 飞行汽车 www.feiauto.com）

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