Human beings' desire for flying is innate, so when the aviation industry is booming, owning a flying car has become the vision of many people. Since the end of World War II, concept maps of flying cars have appeared on the covers of some magazines. Henry Ford even made a flying version of Model T in the 1920s. Although no company has a mature product listed yet, many industry disruptors have made up their minds to do so, and they are all actively trying to do so in different degrees.
Terrafugia, an American company, can be regarded as a standard setter in the field of flying car research and development. Many of its concept products have been successfully tested, but they have not been mass-produced. Elon Musk, who owns space exploration technology company, Tesla, SolarCity and many other companies, has repeatedly expressed his interest in flying cars in public; Yesterday, "American Automotive News" also broke the news that a patent for "folding wings for flying cars" submitted by traditional car company Toyota has been approved? Accessories King is a large B2B platform for auto parts in China, which supplies a large number of new parts, used parts, disassembled parts and rebuilt parts. If you need to find parts, please contact us, or go directly to the flagship store of parts Wang Chentian. The address of Chen Tian flagship store of Accessories King is Chen Tian Auto Parts East 10 1- 102 stall! Although the two media groups with different views are almost evenly matched on the commercialization and mass production of flying cars, the rapid development of lightweight composite materials has virtually increased the chips for realizing flying cars. However, there is no doubt that, just like the commercialization of nuclear fusion, it will take some time for flying cars to become mass consumer goods.
Terrafugia is a start-up company, founded in 2006, located in Fort Worth, Massachusetts. It won the "MIT $ 100K" business plan competition, and then began to raise seed money. The word "terrafugia" comes from Latin, which means "escape from the ground", and its meaning is self-evident. Terrafugia's first project was called "The Transition", which took about two years from prototype design to flight test. This is a "car" that can legally go on the road and switch back and forth between cars and planes.
Terrafugia plans to launch the first production version of Transition in 20 16 at the latest. The estimated price is less than 300,000 US dollars, which is basically the same as the price of Cessna 172, the most popular private jet at present. According to Che Yun, Terrafugia officials have received a deposit of over 100.
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