Thrun, the father of driverless cars: The world will have flying cars in two years

　　According to a report by foreign media on September 19, Sebastian Thrun is recognized as the father of driverless cars. He is committed to pushing human transportation to a new stage - flying cars, and there are many technology leaders who share his vision. Let's follow the automotive electronics editor to learn more about the relevant content.

　　At the TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2017 conference in the United States, Sebastian Thrun, Jenny Lee, a prominent Chinese investor and partner of GGV Capital, and Steve Jurvetson, an original investor in SpaceX, all spoke about flying cars and explored how they will become the future mode of transportation.

 Thrun, the father of driverless cars: The world will have flying cars in two years

　　Thrun said he doesn't want a world with highways everywhere in the future, where people can't move around in their cars. He hopes that people can jump on a device and fly straight into the sky. Compared to the ground, the sky is open and has a low utilization rate. He believes that the era of flying cars is just around the corner.

　　Jurvetson said he plans to take a ride in one before speaking on the tech stage about the development of flying cars. In addition, Jurvetson has visited about a dozen flying car startups in the United States and Europe. He said that this technology is entirely due to electric drivetrains and automatic flight technology. Through the research of unmanned vehicles, flying cars can find the fastest way to reach the destination safely, but at the same time these companies also face many regulations. So, although Thrun seems to think that the era of flying cars will come sooner than we expect, and he also thinks that the arrival of this era is inevitable, he can't give a specific time frame.

　　Li Hongwei said that China is carefully analyzing the changes in transportation, which will promote the development of flying cars. She said that the transition from fuel to electric cars will cause a huge discontinuity in China's transportation system. China currently has about 200 million cars in use, but by 2016, only 1 million cars will be electric. The Chinese government hopes to add 500 electric parking lots. Even some Chinese original equipment manufacturers are planning to purchase flying taxis.

 Thrun, the father of driverless cars: The world will have flying cars in two years

　　Five years ago, the concept of flying cars seemed unthinkable, but now they are a reality. Tron said that people thought the era of flying cars would take another ten years, but in fact, it is only two years away. The use of flying cars is not a technical problem, but a social problem.

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