目前，乘坐个人直升机或私人飞机上下班，还只是出任大公司CEO的亿万富豪、对冲基金经理以及 “昙花一现”的饶舌歌手的专利。

Right now, commuting by personal helicopter or private jet is the patent for billionaires, hedge fund managers and "flash-in-the-pan" rappers who are CEO of big companies.

然而，在不久的将来，这一切都将发生改变。就像过去只有1％的人口使用手机一样，很快乘坐个人飞行器上下班将成为上班一族日常生活的一部分。

However, in the near future, all of this will change. Just as only 1% of the population used mobile phones in the past, commuting by personal jet will soon become part of the daily lives of commuters.

不相信？了解一下部分正在开发个人用无人机、飞行汽车、甚至是很快将面向大众销售的钢铁侠式飞行背包的公司，那意味着你、我这样的普通人也能实现乘坐飞行器上下班的梦想。

Unconvinced? Knowing some companies that are developing personal UAVs, flying cars, and even Iron-man flying backpacks that will soon be sold to the public means that ordinary people like you and me can dream of flying to and from work.

Opener BlackFly

加利福尼亚州创业公司Opener进入飞行汽车市场的第一款产品将是BlackFly——被该公司称之为“世界上第一架超轻型全电动固定翼垂直起降（VTOL）飞机。”这是一款单座飞机/飞行器，一次充电可以行驶至多25英里，最高时速62英里。

The first product that California startup Opener will enter the flying car market will be BlackFly, which the company calls the world's first ultra-light all-electric fixed-wing vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) aircraft. It's a single-seat aircraft/aircraft that can travel up to 25 miles per charge, with a maximum speed of 62 miles per hour.

虽然用户必须完成交通工具培训，通过美国联邦航空局的私人飞行员笔试，但却不需要飞行员驾照就能飞这款飞行汽车。

Although users must complete vehicle training and pass the FAA private pilot written test, they can fly the flying car without requiring a pilot's license.

与本文中的许多其他飞行汽车一样，Opener尚未公布官方价格，不过它强调“有竞争力的定价”的重要性。在采访中，设计师马库斯·伦（Marcus Leng）表示，Opener价格不应超过多功能车。如果他指的是普通中型多功能车，这意味着我们能够以33000美元的价格飞上天空。

Like many other flying cars in this article, Opener has yet to publish official prices, but it emphasizes the importance of "competitive pricing". In an interview, designer Marcus Leng said Opener should not cost more than a multi-purpose car. If he's talking about the average mid-size multi-purpose car, that means we can fly up the sky for $33,000.

乘客无人机

Passenger UAV

有时候，厂商不需要为自己的产品起一个华而不实的千禧一代营销团队名称——不必要的无聊和应该在使用大写字母的地方使用小写字母——来销售产品。简单命名的乘客无人机（Passenger Drone）就属于这种情况：一款即将推出的采用自动驾驶技术的无人机，它有16个旋翼、大小与人体相当。

Sometimes, vendors don't need a flashy Millennium marketing team name for their products -- unnecessary boredom and the use of lower-case letters where uppercase letters should be used -- to sell products. That's the case with the simple name Passenger Drone: a forthcoming drone using autopilot technology that has 16 rotors and is about the size of a human body.

这款无人机使用触摸屏控制，并承诺只需按一个按钮即可起飞。用户可以在地图上“绘制”自己的路线，让无人机把他们载到目的地，它使用一系列智能无人驾驶技术来实现这一目的，而不会在途中与其他障碍物相撞。

The UAV uses touch-screen control and promises to take off just one button. Users can "plot" their own routes on a map, allowing UAVs to take them to their destination, using a series of intelligent UAV technology to achieve this goal, without colliding with other obstacles on the way.

乘客无人机价格尚未透露。虽然我们预计它的价格会相当昂贵，但其理论上的易用性，肯定有助于它成为主流产品，前提是它能够满足普通消费者的需求。很显然的是，它能做到这一点。

The price of passenger UAV has not yet been disclosed. Although we expect it to be quite expensive, its theoretical ease of use will certainly help it become a mainstream product, provided it meets the needs of ordinary consumers. Obviously, it can do that.

阿斯顿·马丁的Volante Vision

Aston Martin's Volante Vision

尽管我们意识到大多数人目前并没有驾驶阿斯顿·马丁汽车上下班，但我们还是把它列入本文。新增飞行功能后，作为世界上最豪华的汽车品牌之一，阿斯顿·马丁汽车会变得更便宜是不大可能的。但是，乘坐詹姆斯·邦德的御用汽车（詹姆斯·邦德在电影中总是驾驶一辆阿斯顿·马丁汽车）飞行版上班的梦想太令人着迷，无法忽视。

Although we realize that most people don't drive Aston Martin to and from work right now, we include it in this article. It is unlikely that Aston Martin, one of the world's most luxurious car brands, will become cheaper with the addition of flying features. But the dream of flying to work in a James Bond Royal (James Bond always drives an Aston Martin in movies) is too fascinating to ignore.

阿斯顿·马丁的Volante Vision飞行汽车是一种具备垂直起降功能的混合动力电动飞机。Volante Vision的正式发布日期尚未公布，但它承诺为三个成年人提供足够的乘坐空间。

Aston Martin's Volante Vision Flying Vehicle is a hybrid electric aircraft with vertical take-off and landing capabilities. The official release date of Volante Vision has not been announced, but it promises to provide enough space for three adults.

Uber飞行出租车

Uber flying taxis

谁说用户需要真正拥有一辆飞行汽车，才能享受它带来的种种好处？这就是Uber已经制定，并正在努力实现的飞行出租车计划。

Who says that users need to own a flying car to enjoy the benefits? This is the flight taxi plan that Uber has worked out and is working hard to achieve.

如宣传视频所示，Uber的概念展示了用户如何使用智能手机应用叫UberAir飞行汽车的过程。打一辆UberAir与打普通Uber汽车相同。但是，在预订航班后，用户必须前往专用的“Uber Skyport”，使用数字登机码中的二维码打开UberAir，然后起飞。

As the promotional video shows, the concept of Uber shows how users can use a smartphone application called UberAir Flying Vehicle. A UberAir is the same as a regular Uber car. However, after booking a flight, the user must go to a dedicated "Uber Skyport" and use the two-dimensional code in the digital boarding code to open UberAir and take off.

视频结尾处的口号是“比你想象的更近。”我们希望可以再增加一句，“比你担心的更便宜”。

The slogan at the end of the video is "closer than you think." We hope to add another sentence, "cheaper than you worry."

Lilium Aviation

德国航空创业公司吸引了腾讯等知名投资者的投资，将其飞行汽车梦想变为现实。

German Airlines has attracted investments from renowned investors such as Tencent to make its dream of flying cars a reality.

2017年，Lilium在巴伐利亚州的一个私人飞机场进行了双座垂直起降飞行汽车的演示。飞行汽车由地面上的飞行员远程遥控。 Lilium还在开发一款能乘坐五个人的车型，一次充电可以飞行至多60分钟。

In 2017, Lilium demonstrated a two-seat vertical take-off and landing vehicle at a private airport in Bavaria. The flying car is remotely controlled by pilots on the ground. Lilium is also developing a car that can ride five people. It can fly for up to 60 minutes at a time.

Lilium尚未公布价格信息，但与Uber一样，它对飞行出租车的概念非常感兴趣。首席执行官雷莫·格柏（Remo Gerber）曾表示，搭乘垂直起降飞行汽车的价格并不比出租车或火车贵。听起来还是很有前景的。

Lilium has not published price information yet, but like Uber, it is very interested in the concept of flying taxis. Chief executive Remo Gerber has said the price of a vertical take-off and landing vehicle is no higher than that of a taxi or train. That sounds promising.

Gravity Industries的飞行背包

Gravity Industries's backpack

本文提及的大多数飞行汽车都属于垂直起降飞行器，但这款产品不是。它由英国发明家理查德·布朗宁（Richard Browning）开发，是一款飞行背包，能够使用户变身为漫威漫画中的钢铁侠。

Most of the flying cars mentioned in this article are vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, but this product is not. Developed by British inventor Richard Browning, it is a flying backpack that can turn users into Iron Man in Man Wei comics.

Gravity Industries的飞行背包配有五个喷气发动机和一个平视显示器——显示剩余的燃油量。

The Gravity Industries flight backpack comes with five jet engines and a head-up display that shows the remaining fuel.

但布朗宁之前向Digital Trends表示，即使用户在现实中从未使用过类似的产品，只需数分钟的训练，用户就可以安全使用飞行背包。他说：“我们有一名飞行员，只经过5分钟训练，他就能愉快地飞行了。这主要取决于用户的健康水平和天资，但并非只有超级英雄或超人才能使用它。”

But Browning previously told Digital Trends that even if users had never used a similar product in real life, they could safely use a flight knapsack with just a few minutes of training. He said, "we have a pilot who can fly happily after only 5 minutes of training. It depends on the health and talent of the user, but it's not just superheroes or superheroes who can use it.

这款飞行背包目前已经上市销售，不过价格可能让人畏缩不前。目前，飞行背包限量销售，价格为44.6万美元，但布朗宁表示，“价格的下跌是不可避免的。”一款价格低得多的电动版也在开发中。

This flying backpack is now on sale, but the price may be daunting. At present, the limited sale of flying backpacks, the price of $446,000, but Browning said, "price decline is inevitable." An electric version of a much lower price is also being developed.

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