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LIANG Jun, DAI Yu-xin, WANG Wen-sa, SHA Yang-yang, DU Xue-wen, CHEN Long. Intelligent flying cars: Driving future of urban air mobility[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2026, 26(3): 25-44. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.150
Citation: LIANG Jun, DAI Yu-xin, WANG Wen-sa, SHA Yang-yang, DU Xue-wen, CHEN Long. Intelligent flying cars: Driving future of urban air mobility[J]. Journal of Traffic and Transportation Engineering, 2026, 26(3): 25-44. doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.150
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Intelligent flying cars: Driving future of urban air mobility

doi: 10.19818/j.cnki.1671-1637.2026.150
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    Automotive Engineering Research Institute, Jiangsu University, Zhenjiang 212013, Jiangsu, China

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    School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Energy Engineering, Zhejiang University of Science & Technology, Hangzhou 310023, Zhejiang, China

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 62376139

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  • Corresponding author: LIANG Jun, professor, PhD, E-mail: liangjun@ujs.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 2025-10-11
  • Accepted Date: 2026-01-04
  • Rev Recd Date: 2025-12-13
  • Publish Date: 2026-03-28
    Abstract
  • The progress of IFC key technologies was systematically concluded from three major aspects: car body design and power systems, autonomous navigation and control technologies, and vehicle-road-cloud collaboration. The current development of diverse configurations such as ducted fans, folding wings, and modular structures, as well as energy architectures including hybrid power and fuel cell was summarized. Methods of autonomous navigation and control, including multi-sensor fusion, deep learning-based path planning, and robust control were mainly reviewed. The application of low-altitude communication networks, cooperative perception, and intelligent scheduling in integrated vehicle-road-cloud frameworks was discussed. Current challenges of IFC in configuration standardization, complex environment perception, cross-modal collaboration, and large-scale scheduling were analyzed, and potential research directions were proposed. Research results show that, driven by artificial intelligence, communication, and energy technologies, IFC technology is evolving from a single-point breakthrough stage dominated by configuration and power toward a comprehensive integration stage centered on intelligent control and system collaboration. By incorporating IFCs into urban integrated transportation systems, a predictable, manageable, and verifiable operational closed loop can be achieved at the transportation system level. Thus, a new pathway is provided for building efficient, safe, and sustainable future urban transportation systems.

     

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