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People have talked about ‘flying cars’ for decades. Now they may actually happen
幾十年來，人們一直在談論“飛行汽車”。現在它們可能真的發生了
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0:00 This is a flying car. I’m at a facility in Spain where this 0:04 electric passenger drone is set to take off on a test flight in a couple of minutes. 0:08 We’re getting a sneak peek at the technology. 0:11 From electric cars to scooters, 0:12 the world is looking for cleaner and more efficient modes of transportation. 0:16 Most of these efforts are focused on how we move 0:18 around on the ground. But what about the future of flying cars 0:21 Technically known as vertical take-off and landing aircraft or VTOL, 0:26 companies around the world are racing to develop flying passenger drones. 0:29 The reason? These aircraft could be big business. 0:32 The urban air mobility market could be worth $9 trillion in 2050, 0:36 skyrocketing from its tiny beginnings right now. 0:39 While that is some way off, one of the companies hoping 0:41 for a big slice of that growing pie is German contender Lilium. 0:46 This is the fifth generation of Lilium’s fully electric aircraft. 0:49 The company has been carrying out test flights at the ATLAS flight test center 0:53 here in the south of Spain as it looks to hone the technology and prove the safety of the vehicle. 0:57 The current test vehicle is not what Lilium hopes to finally brings into production in 2023. 1:02 The company says the final jet will have a cruise speed of 175 miles per hour and a 1:07 range of about 155 miles. That’s roughly the distance from London to Manchester. 1:12 Matthias Meiner, a co-founder of Lilium, took me through the technology behind the 1:16 jet and the company’s vision of a premium user experience. 1:19 You step inside the cabin, it feels very, like high quality, you don't have that feeling that you 1:24 might have today in a helicopter shuttle service where everything's loud and rattling and noisy. 1:28 So it's really from that kind of business jet experience. 1:31 But bringing that eventually to the to the wider audience 1:34 While the technology appears to be progressing quickly, 1:36 what exactly is the business potential for companies like Lilium? 1:40 I caught up with Alexander Asseily, vice chairman of Lilium. 1:43 The potential for EVTOL is really to rethink how regions connect internally and with other regions. 1:51 So today, if you want to move over regional distances, what do you do? 1:55 Taking a long car journey, taking a train, 1:58 were you taking a short flight from New York to Boston, London to Paris or something. 2:00 And the way to tell is that essentially takes some of those long car journeys. 2:05 And it says, "Wait, why spend 2:06 two - three hours in a car you when you can do it in less than 45 minutes in an eVTOL?" 2:11 And from a business perspective, 2:13 now, what's the potential? How are you thinking about business models 2:16 So we have to think about it in two ways. One is we've got certain kinds of customers like NetJets, 2:21 for example, or Lux aviation, who want to buy aircraft from us, 2:24 and then operate those aircraft within whatever model they use, 2:28 like either fractional ownership or shuttle routes, right. 2:31 There's also a ton of opportunity we're seeing which we've announced 2:35 in Europe, also in the US and Florida, which is to run our own routes with partners. 2:40 Passenger-carrying drones still face a number of challenges, from the development of 2:45 infrastructure such as landing pads and charging stations to safety concerns from regulators. 2:50 If the industry is to truly take off, then there are some big issues still to address. 2:54 The real challenge is really understanding what 2:56 the technology is and how it's going to function in the field. 2:58 We think the aerospace industry is awfully mature and has very strict standards for good reasons. 3:03 But this is going to be a technology that starts to test the edges of those regulations. 3:08 It’s not just Lilium vying to make flying cars a reality. 3:11 A handful of companies across the world from EHang in China 3:14 to Joby Aviation in the U.S. are hoping to fly ahead. 3:18 We're in a great spot to kind of move forward towards this, what we call a 3:21 conforming aircraft, a preproduction prototype. So that's going to happen, 3:24 we're going to start assembling that in 2023. 3:26 And then it's going to be about a year and a half of final test 3:29 campaign where essentially we take a bunch of boxes, and then in 2025 3:33 the plan is we will get all types certificate and we will launch our commercial operation. 3:38 So, don’t expect to see flying cars around your city just yet. But with every successful take-off 3:43 and landing made by prototype aircraft like this, the future gets just that little bit closer. 3:49 This is going to be a decade long process of development and growing the market. 3:53 And so really, we're looking at the middle of the decade when this becomes 3:57 reality for people in a way that they can see it and feel it and participate in it. 4:01 In terms of mass adoption, we're really looking out past 2030, for the broad adoption. |
0:00 這是一輛飛行汽車。我在西班牙的一個設施裡 0:04 電動載人無人機將在幾分鐘內進行試飛。 0:08 我們正在偷窺這項技術。 0:11 從電動汽車到踏板車， 0:12 世界正在尋找更清潔、更高效的交通方式。 0:16 大多數這些努力都集中在我們如何移動 0:18 在地面周圍。但是飛行汽車的未來呢？ 0:21 技術上稱為垂直起降飛機或VTOL， 0:26 世界各地的公司都在競相開發飛行載人無人機。 0:29 原因？這些飛機可能是一筆大生意。 0:32 到 2050 年，城市空中交通市場可能價值 9 萬億美元， 0:36 從現在的微小開始飆升。 0:39 雖然還有一段路要走，但其中一家公司希望 0:41 對於這個不斷增長的餡餅的很大一部分是德國的競爭者百合。 0:46 這是 Lilium 的第五代全電動飛機。 0:49 公司一直在ATLAS試飛中心進行試飛 0:53 在西班牙南部，它希望磨練技術並證明車輛的安全性。 0:57 目前的測試車輛並不是 Lilium 希望在 2023 年最終投入生產的車輛。
1:02 該公司表示，最後一架噴氣式飛機的巡航速度為每小時 175 英里， 1:07 射程約 155 英里。這大約是從倫敦到曼徹斯特的距離。 1:12 Lilium 的聯合創始人 Matthias Meiner 帶我了解了 1:16 jet 和公司對優質用戶體驗的願景。 1:19 走進機艙，感覺很高級，沒有那種感覺 1:24 今天可能有直升機穿梭服務，那裡的一切都很嘈雜，嘎嘎作響。 1:28 所以它真的來自那種公務機體驗。 1:31 但最終將其帶給更廣泛的受眾 1:34 雖然這項技術似乎正在迅速發展， 1:36 像 Lilium 這樣的公司的商業潛力究竟是什麼？ 1:40 我採訪了 Lilium 的副主席 Alexander Asseily。 1:43 EVTOL 的潛力在於重新思考區域內部以及與其他區域的連接方式。 1:51 所以今天，如果你想跨越區域距離，你會怎麼做？ 1:55 坐長途汽車，坐火車， 1:58 你是乘坐短途航班從紐約到波士頓，倫敦到巴黎還是什麼的。
2:00 判斷的方法是，這基本上需要一些長途汽車旅行。 2:05 它說，“等等，為什麼要花 2:06 在汽車上兩到三個小時，你在 eVTOL 上不到 45 分鐘就能做到嗎？” 2:11 而從商業角度來看， 2:13 現在，潛力是什麼？您如何看待商業模式 2:16 所以我們必須從兩個方面考慮。一是我們有某些類型的客戶，比如 NetJets， 2:21 例如，想從我們這裡購買飛機的力士航空， 2:24 然後以他們使用的任何型號操作這些飛機， 2:28 就像部分所有權或穿梭路線一樣，對。 2:31 我們還看到了很多我們已經宣布的機會 2:35 在歐洲，也在美國和佛羅里達州，這是與合作夥伴一起經營我們自己的路線。 2:40 載人無人機仍面臨諸多挑戰，從 2:45 著陸場和充電站等基礎設施，以應對監管機構的安全問題。 2:50 如果該行業要真正起飛，那麼仍有一些大問題需要解決。 2:54 真正的挑戰是真正理解什麼 2:56 技術是什麼以及它將如何在該領域發揮作用。 2:58 我們認為航空航天業非常成熟，並且有非常嚴格的標準，這是有充分理由的。
3:03 但這將是一項開始測試這些法規邊緣的技術。 3:08 讓飛行汽車成為現實的不僅僅是 Lilium。
3:11 億航在中國的全球少數公司 3:14 到美國的 Joby Aviation 都希望能飛得更遠。 3:18 我們正處於一個朝著這個方向前進的好地方，我們稱之為 3:21 符合要求的飛機，預生產原型。所以這會發生， 3:24 我們將在 2023 年開始組裝它。 3:26 然後大約一年半的期末考試 3:29 基本上我們拿一堆盒子的活動，然後在 2025 年 3:33 計劃是我們將獲得所有類型的證書，我們將啟動我們的商業運營。 3:38 所以，不要指望在你的城市周圍看到飛行汽車。但隨著每一次成功的起飛 3:43 和像這樣的原型飛機著陸，未來就那麼近了一點。 3:49 這將是一個長達十年的發展和擴大市場的過程。 3:53 所以真的，我們正在看這個十年的中期，當這成為 3:57 以人們可以看到、感受到並參與其中的方式呈現現實。 4:01 在大規模採用方面，我們真的期待 2030 年之後的廣泛採用。 英語 全部來自 CNBC 國際 |
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