Central China's Hunan province has become the first province in the country to be allowed to pilot full-field low-altitude flights, CCTV said in a brief report on July 17, citing China's National Civil Aviation Administration.

Hunan will accumulate experience in aircraft surveillance and communication coverage, low-altitude airspace regulation and low-altitude airspace operation management in airspace below 3,000 meters to provide a theoretical basis for the opening of low-altitude flights nationwide, the report said.

The report did not provide further details, but the pilot in a whole province should bode well for more policy support for low-altitude flight.

(Xpeng's flying car displayed at the Shanghai auto show in late April. Source: CnEVPost)

Geely acquired flying car company Terrafugi in 2017 to complete its presence in the mobility sector.

However, Geely's flying car is more like an airplane, which can reach 322km/h in the air and a maximum altitude of about 3.048km.

(Source: Terrafugi website)

In addition, on October 19, 2020, Dongfeng Motor released its Sharing-VAN platform plan, saying that a low-flying version of the Sharing-VAN equipped with a drone rotor cockpit is expected to be available by 2022.

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