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On Oct. 9, Guangzhou Automobile Eian Aion released a trailer for the AION Shenyan aircraft via its official Weibo, with the caption: Eian is going to build a flying car? Please look forward to it! Judging from the trailer picture released, the aircraft is named SP200001. As soon as the post was posted, many netizens speculated that Ian was going to build a flying car.

It is worth noting that Ian AION just released the brand's new LOGO-- "AI Arrow" last month. At the same time, the launch of a new high-end brand Hyper Haopin. Officials say the Hyper Haopin brand will carry the new AI Arrow LOGO and apply aerospace technology to launch a range of products in the future, including supercars, sedan cars, SUV, MPV and new species. The new supercar Hyper SSR under the Hyper Haopin brand was also unveiled. A total of two models will be launched with a price range of 128.6-1.686 million and will be delivered in October 2023. Ean said that the new supercar Hyper SSR is a 100% Chinese supercar with independent design, independent research and development and independent intelligence.

The progress of building a plane as soon as a sports car has been built is really surprising. However, there may be early signs that Ian will enter the field of aviation. On the night of the Eian brand on Sept. 15, Ean announced that it would set up a "Haopin Research Laboratory" in conjunction with China Aerospace, which will carry out joint research and development in the fields of new battery development, motor drive technology, aerodynamics design, new materials, AI control, high precision positioning, satellite remote sensing technology and so on. The follow-up scientific and technological achievements will be applied to aerospace related fields and Eian series products.

With regard to the field of flying vehicles, at present, a number of automobile manufacturers are studying this field. Geely obtained the FAA airworthiness certificate as early as 2021, which also means that similar dual-purpose vehicles can also participate in forensic tests for this purpose in the future, affirming the legitimacy and legitimacy of dual-purpose vehicles travelling in the air. Earlier, Toyota, Volkswagen, Audi, Xiaopeng Automobile and other car companies also had a layout in the field of flying cars.

Xiaopeng unveiled a flying car called Voyager T1 at the Beijing Auto Show in September 2020. It is understood that this flying car can fly at an ultra-low altitude of 5-25 meters and can be used by 2 people to achieve intelligent interaction and low-altitude map navigation at a price equivalent to that of a luxury car. He Xiaopeng also said, "I believe that one day flying cars will be born and we will be able to travel more freely in the low altitude of the city."

From GAC Ean issued sports cars and flying new species notice, it is not difficult to see that they are doing brand upward layout. However, flying cars are not yet mature. There is still a big difference between flying cars and traditional aircraft. the main working area is low altitude. at present, Hainan and other cities have opened the right to fly in low-altitude areas. In a fundamental sense, flying cars can indeed solve the problem of traffic jams, but with the increase of products, it will also lead to chaos in low-altitude areas. How to manage the planning in the future will also be a big problem.

With the promotion of intelligence and the rapid development of new energy, more and more car companies have announced to enter the cross-border field. However, cross-border success in other areas is not easy, for the future of flying cars, some industry insiders pointed out: flying cars are difficult to achieve commercialization, it is impossible to replace cars on a large scale, and the market prospect is very limited. Generally speaking, although many car companies have begun to lay out flying car projects, it is still difficult to integrate into consumers' lives in a short period of time. After all, there are many problems in current automotive products, and as flying automobile products, it means that they have higher technology content and more fields involved, which cannot be solved overnight.

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