英国发动机制造商罗尔斯·罗伊斯公司也加入了飞行汽车开发的队伍。该公司推出了电动飞行出租概念车，计划2020年以后全面投入生产。该公司曾在社交媒介上展示其新的开发成果，并曾在法恩伯勒国际航展上展示这款飞行汽车。罗尔斯·罗伊斯公司表示，它正在寻找合作伙伴来制造一个机身，并开发一些电子设备，以便为完整的商业版本做好准备。

罗尔斯·罗伊斯表示，一旦达到巡航高度，机翼上的螺旋桨就会折叠起来，以减少阻力和机舱噪声，然后该飞行器切换到两个后螺旋桨用于驱动。据悉，该飞行器可以容纳4、5名乘客，速度可达250英里/小时，行程能达到约500英里。

罗尔斯·罗伊斯开发的EVTOL是一架倾斜翼直升机，由该公司生产的M250燃气涡轮发动机推动发电机，再经由电池为马达供电。电动垂直起飞和着陆（eVTOL）飞机通常采用非常规设计，将空气动力学和电动推进技术更紧密地结合在一起，可适用于个人交通、公共交通、物流或军事用途。

据外电报道，丰田和日本科技初创公司Cartivator也正在合作研发一款单人驾驶飞行汽车SkyDrive。该飞行汽车尺寸较小，飞行时的目标速度最高将达100公里/小时，升空高度约10米;地面行驶速度可达150公里/小时，并能从公共道路上直接起飞。

不久前，Cartivator在日本爱知县的开发现场测试了飞行汽车Sky-Drive，该汽车目前仍处于早期开发阶段，该产品计划2025年在日本投入商用。Cartivator技术负责人中村翼表示，该团队计划在今年年底前发布原型车。

目前，多家跨国车企都制定了开发飞行汽车的计划。与丰田类似，戴姆勒去年投资德国Volocopter初创公司，以帮助其开发电动飞行出租车。Volocopter正在开发一种针对出租车市场的五座垂直起降飞机VTOL，目前已经完成了试飞，并计划在未来三到五年内进行商业化运行。浙江吉利控股集团去年11月收购了美国飞行汽车开发商Terrafugia，该公司预计将于明年向市场推出首款飞行汽车。

英文版

English version

Many companies join in the development of flying cars

British engine maker Rolls Royce also joined the development team of flying cars. The company launched the concept of electric flying hire, which is planned to be fully put into production after 2020. The company has demonstrated new developments in social media and the flying car at the Farnborough International Air Show. Rolls-Royce says it is looking for partners to build a fuselage and develop some electronic equipment to prepare for a full commercial version.

Rolls-Royce says that once cruising altitude is reached, the propellers on the wings fold up to reduce drag and cabin noise, and the aircraft switches to two rear propellers for driving. It is reported that the aircraft can accommodate 4 or 5 passengers, speed up to 250 miles per hour, travel to about 500 miles.

The EVTOL, developed by Rawls Royce, is a tilted-wing helicopter powered by the company's M250 gas turbine engine and powered by batteries. Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft are usually designed in unconventional ways to combine aerodynamics with electric propulsion technology more closely and can be used for personal transportation, public transport, logistics or military purposes.

According to foreign reports, Toyota and Japanese technology startup Cartivator are also working together to develop a single-driver flying car SkyDrive. The flying vehicle is small in size, with a maximum target speed of 100 km/h and an altitude of about 10 m. The ground speed can reach 150 km/h and it can take off directly from public roads.

Not long ago, Cartivator tested a flying car, Sky-Drive, at a development site in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. The car is still in its early stages of development and is planned to be commercially available in Japan by 2025. Nakamura Tsubasa, head of Cartivator technology, said the team plans to release prototypes by the end of this year.

At present, a number of multinational car companies have formulated plans for developing flying cars. Like Toyota, Daimler invested in German Volocopter startup last year to help it develop electric flying taxis. Volocopter is developing a five-seat vertical takeoff and landing VTOL for the taxi market, which has completed its flight test and is planning to be commercialized in the next three to five years. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group acquired Terrafugia, a U.S. developer of flying cars, in November last year and expects to launch its first flying car to the market next year.（文来源：飞行汽车feiauto）www.feiauto.com

---

【版权声明】以上内容来源于网络转载，出于传递信息及学习之目的，不代表本网站的观点、立场，本网站不对其真实性负责。未经原作者feiauto允许不得转载本文内容，否则将视为侵权，本站依法保留追究权！www.feiauto.com

【投稿】请把所需要提交的文章投稿至此邮箱：feiauto@126.com

---