Recently, the electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (EVTOL) "Shengshilong" took off from the home port of Shekou cruise ship in Shenzhen, Guangdong, and landed at the Jiuzhou Port terminal in Zhuhai after about 20 minutes of flight. This is the world's first public demonstration flight of the world's first cross-sea and cross-city electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft route.
This aircraft can be regarded as a "car rental in the air", and this successful flight means that Shenzhen to Zhuhai is a one-way 2The 5 to 3 hour ground drive can be shortened to 20 minutes.
Low altitude is an important natural resource, and this flight is an important exploration of the commercial operation of low-altitude travel. What kind of "new picture" of air traffic will the low-altitude "new kinetic energy" outline?
The ticket price for a single seat is 200-300 yuan
Manned flights are expected to begin in 2026
Shenzhen and Zhuhai are located on the east and west banks of the Pearl River Estuary, and in the past, it took about 2 to 3 hours to travel by car by detour to Nansha Bridge or Humen Bridge. Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft do not require traditional airports and runways, and it only takes 20 minutes to complete a cross-city journey between Shenzhen and Zhuhai.
The electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (EVTOL) "Shengshilong" is independently developed by Shanghai Fengfei Aviation Science and Technology, with a take-off weight of 2000 kgIt can carry 5 people, the cruising speed can reach 200 km h, and the core module is 100% localized. Xie Jia, senior vice president of Fengfei Aviation Technology, told reporters that after large-scale applicationIn the future, the single-seat ticket price from Shenzhen to Zhuhai will be about two or three hundred yuan. "At present, it takes nearly three hours to take a taxi from Shenzhen to Zhuhai for five or six hundred yuan, and it takes more than an hour to take a boat for more than 100 yuan. "This is the world's first use of an EVTOL electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft for cross-sea and cross-city flights. The aircraft is expected to start manned flights in 2026 after obtaining the airworthiness certificate. The flight route from Shenzhen to Zhuhai is operated by Shenzhen Eastern General Aviation ***, and the two sides have signed a purchase order for 100 Fengfei "Shengshilong", planning to promote more route operations and commercialization scenarios. 
Pure electric power + strong autonomous driving
The future may change the way people travel
Xie Jia said that this new type of aircraft is a revolution in the history of the aviation industry, "just like the ground oil car to the tram, this is from the oil to the electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, the noise is also one-tenth of the traditional one-hundredth, or even one percent." It is precisely because of such a low noise level that in the future the sky will be able to allow many of these aircraft to fly at the same time, so that it can form a scale. ”
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Electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft are called "air ** car rental", take off vertically like ***, convert to fixed-wing flight mode in the air, and use pure electric power. Xie Jia said that the operating cost of electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft is lower than that of the first high, and the requirements for pilots are relatively low due to the strengthening of automatic driving functions, so from the perspective of operation, its single-seat ticket price is relatively low. "It doesn't make sense to fly once or twice, it has to be on a scale, it has to change the way people live and travel, it makes sense. According to reports, the purpose of this technology is to serve the realization of point-to-point travel within the city and between the metropolitan area, or will become an important way of air travel in the future, and form a new broad market. Xie Jia said that in addition to the transportation hub and between the transportation hub, the future will also develop airport connection, airport to transportation hub, airport to urban commercial hub and other lines. After 5-10 years of operation, when the entire system and ecological environment, including the regulatory system, are in operation, they will enter the next stage. "At that time, you open the app and click, and an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft will fly down from a distance, pick you up and automatically take you to your destination. ”
Expert: The potential of the low-altitude economy is huge.
In the next 10 years, it may become a new engine for China's economic growth.
Low-altitude economy is a comprehensive economic form that relies on low-altitude airspace, takes the low-altitude flight activities of various manned or unmanned aircraft as the traction, and radiates and drives the integrated development of related fields. Xie Jia told reporters that at present, the utilization rate of low-altitude resources in China is still relatively low, low-altitude resources are a valuable natural resource, and it is time to start using the entire sky as a space for future travel.
Recently, the "Shenzhen Special Economic Zone Low-altitude Economic Industry Promotion Regulations" was officially implemented. As one of the most important pilot cities for the low-altitude economy, Shenzhen has taken the lead in introducing special regulations to promote the development of low-altitude economic industries, said Chen Chen, executive director of the Network and Information Law Research Association of the China Law SocietyShenzhen has paved the runway for the rule of law for low-altitude economic take-off. As the country's first regulation specifically for the promotion of low-altitude economic industries, it clearly states that social capital participation is encouraged, and the approval process is greatly simplified. The regulations still attach great importance to safety, and it ensures the safety and controllability of low-altitude flights through the establishment of a strict flight safety management system, as well as emergency plans and related training measures. ”
Not long ago, the first economic work conference proposed to create a number of strategic emerging industries such as biomanufacturing, commercial aerospace, and low-altitude economy, and the low-altitude economy is becoming a "new track" for industrial development focused on in various places. For example, Guangdong proposes to rely on Guangzhou, Shenzhen, and Zhuhai to expand and strengthen the drone industry; Shanghai proposes to make breakthroughs in technologies such as tiltrotors, composite wings, and intelligent flights, develop manned electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft, and explore new modes of air traffic; Hainan recently released the country's first provincial unmanned aircraft flyable airspace map. Chen Chen believes that the low-altitude economy contains broad opportunities. "The potential of the low-altitude economy is huge, and the low-altitude economy may become a new engine for China's economic growth in the next 10 years. ”