On March 20, 2026, China's first national level testing base for road air integration was officially put into use in Xinfeng County, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province.

In addition to the 8600 acre intelligent connected vehicle full process detection capability on land, there is also a 100 square kilometer airspace detection area in the air for detecting low altitude equipment such as flying cars. It can be said that this is currently the largest and first integrated road air testing base in China.

The person in charge of China Automotive Research Institute Southern Test Field Company, Xiang Huarong, said: We have 34 types of characteristic road surfaces, as well as multiple long straight runways, vertical takeoff and landing points, hangars, 5G-A base stations, etc. In addition to advanced technologies such as global meteorological systems and low altitude digital platforms, we can conduct over 100 intelligent networked low altitude tests.

On site, this flying car underwent a test demonstration, driving smoothly on the test track. With the help of the takeoff and landing platform and signal base station in the test field, it completed aerial tests such as fixed-point takeoff and landing in the designated airspace. Engineers can accurately analyze the stability of flight control systems and the reliability of power systems through high-precision positioning systems and real-time data links.

Zhou Yulin, Chairman of China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, said: In fact, many technical principles of flying cars are similar to traditional cars. We have also gathered various forces to jointly tackle technical problems such as road air coordination and flight control safety, promote the improvement of the industrial ecology, and help car companies seize the opportunity in the new track of independent transportation.Editor/Gong Ziwei