The future has arrived, ladies and gentlemen.
There's been a lot of flying cars with wings or rotors, but those are basically road-capable planes and helicopters:
This one actually looks like a car ... kind of.
The company hopes to solve traffic by developing a car that can simply fly over it.
'This drive and flight test represents an important proof of technology in a real-world city environment,' said Alef Aeronautics CEO Jim Dukhovny.
'We hope it will be a moment similar to the Wright Brothers' Kitty Hawk video, proving to humanity that new transportation is possible.'
The car can currently only drive 25 miles per hour. It operates with four rotors in the front and four rotors in the rear.
The company has already received over 3,000 preorders and expects to sell the vehicles for $300,000 each.
Simply amazing!
The New York Post told us about this product last year:
The 850-pound, two-seat car, first unveiled at the Detroit Auto Show last year, is an electrical vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) capable of reaching speeds of 110 miles per hour in the air and up to 35 miles per hour on the ground.
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Once it lifts off the ground, the cockpit swivels and the carbon-fiber body turns over on its side, then moves forward, driven by an array of propellers.
Most other recent attempts by competitors resemble giant drones - and are not capable of wheeled travel on the ground.
Alef estimates a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 100 miles.
The vehicle has been approved by the FAA with a Special Airworthiness Certification which grants them permission to fly the car in certain locations.
(The first time these things crash might change that.)
Here's more on the flying car:
What a time to be alive.
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