Market Overview & Potential - Morgan Stanley estimates the EVTOL (electric, vertical takeoff and landing vehicles) industry could be a $9 trillion market by 2050 [2] - The flying car market is a significant new market that hasn't really existed before and is expected to change dramatically over the next 5-20 years [2] - There are approximately 50 companies developing flying car technologies [2] Joby Aviation - Joby focuses on air taxi services and has a market capitalization of nearly 670 million (6.7%) of a billion dollars, which is almost 15% of the market cap of General Motors [3] - Joby expects to see their first passenger operations in early 2026 in Dubai [10] - S&P Global expects Joby to go from 6 to 56 units by 2030, generating $35 million (3.5%) of a billion dollars in revenue, contingent on FAA certification [6] Pivotal - Pivotal focuses on personal aviation, public safety, and defense applications [20] - Pivotal aims to deliver personal aerial vehicles to individual private owners [12] - Pivotal hopes to be in pilot operations in at least two locations in the United States within the next six months, focusing on public service such as emergency medical response [15] - Pivotal claims its aircraft is three or four orders of magnitude safer than driving a car on the freeway on a per mile basis [16] Regulatory & Technological Challenges - FAA certification is a critical milestone for the industry [5][6] - Battery technology limitations, particularly energy and power density, have historically hindered the development of flying cars [23][24] - Regulatory pathways are very difficult, requiring the creation of regulations in real time as technologies are developed [22]

以下文章来源于超电实验室 ，作者刘雅杰 超电实验室 . 让汽车和未来触手可及。 今年年底交付第一批。 作者 | 刘雅杰 编辑 | 秦章勇 来源 | 超电实验室 （ID：SuperEV-Lab） 不是PPT，也没有画饼，世界第一辆真正的飞行汽车，真起飞了。 美国电动飞行汽车公司 Alef Aeronautics ，刚刚完成了在城市环境中的飞行测试。 Alef CEO在美国一条偏僻的公共道路上，亲自测试了飞行汽车Model A的原型车，垂 直起降、越过障碍汽车一气呵成。 因为马斯克的SpaceX也是这家公司的投资人，也有网友戏称Model A是"马斯克的新 车"，这款车售价30万美元，约合人民币 217万多 ，年底就能交付第一批。 此外，Alef还要为大众造一款更为平价的飞行汽车 Model Z ，售价只要3.5万美元， 而且车内还能坐4个人。 网友评论是这样的... 根据Alef晒出测试视频，Model A是在美国加州的一条公共街道上驾驶起飞后，越过了 地面上的另一辆车。 在障碍车后方3米左右原地起飞，离地高度目测低于5米，随后在障碍车前方3米左右顺 利降落继续行驶。 从车身姿态来看，刚起飞和降落时，还是有些摇 ...