多家车企热捧飞行汽车初创公司

        根据美国投资者网站PitchBook的数据，全球大大小小的企业和私人投资者已向100多家空中汽车初创公司投入了至少23亿美元资金，项目包括无人机和电动飞行出租车。例如，今年1月，丰田汽车向美国Joby Aviation公司投资约3.94亿美元，该公司意在打造飞行出租车，提前布局未来的空中通勤市场。Joby是一家致力于电动飞行汽车制造的初创公司，此次是Joby发起的C轮融资，共计5.9亿美元，而丰田作为最大投资方，也是此次融资的领投企业。

    至于中国吉利汽车，不仅在2017年全资收购了美国飞行汽车公司太力，还积极向其他初创公司投资。去年9月，德国城市空中出行公司Volocopter宣布完成C轮首轮融资5000万欧元，由吉利领投，戴姆勒也参与投资。本轮融资将帮助Volocopter旗下Volocity机型在未来3年获得欧洲航空安全局的商业认证，进一步助推商业化进程。此外，吉利和Volocopter还决定在中国成立合资公司，将城市空中出行解决方案引入中国，吉利将负责Volocopter产品在中国的生产和市场推广。大众集团旗下保时捷品牌去年10月与波音签署合作意向书，共同探讨未来空中出行的多种可能性。按计划，双方将共同开发一款电动飞行出租车原型产品。保时捷认为，城市空中出行将在2025年后变得流行。

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    Companies large and small and private investors around the world have poured at least $2.3 billion into more than 100 skycar startups, including drones and electric flying taxis, according to Pitchbook, a US investor website. In January, for example, Toyota Motor Corp. invested about $394 million in Joby Aviation, a U.S. company that aims to build flying taxis and advance the market for future in-flight commuting. Joby, a startup focused on building electric flying cars, raised $590 million in Series C funding, with Toyota as the largest investor and the lead investor.

    As for China's Geely Auto, it not only fully acquired US flying car company Taili in 2017, but also actively invested in other startups. Last September, Volocopter, a German urban air travel company, announced that it had completed a Series C round of 50 million euros, led by Geely, with Daimler also taking part in the investment. The funding will enable Volocopter's Volocity aircraft to receive commercial certification from the European Aviation Safety Agency over the next three years, further boosting the commercialization process. In addition, Geely and Volocopter have also decided to set up a joint venture in China to bring urban air travel solutions to China, with Geely taking responsibility for the production and marketing of Volocopter products in China. Volkswagen Group AG's Porsche brand signed a letter of intent with Boeing in October to explore a variety of possibilities for future air travel. The two are scheduled to jointly develop a prototype electric flying taxi. Porsche believes urban air travel will become popular after 2025.（图文仅供参考/飞行汽车  www.feiauto.com）

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