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Get your spare change out to pre order your first flying car
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:54 am
Posted on 2/23/25 at 2:54 am
BBC News
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An aeronautical company in the US has released footage showing a concept version of its flying car performing a vertical take-off before flying over an SUV. Jim Dukhovny, the CEO of Alef Aeronautics, told the BBC's senior technology reporter Chris Vallance, that he had thousands of pre-orders and hoped to start production within 12 months. For around $300,000 (£237,000) the company says buyers will get an electric flying car with a predicted airborne range of 110km (68 miles). But taking a friend for a spin may prove tricky - the cockpit only has enough room for one and a half people. As Vallance points out, Alef Aeronautics are not the only ones trying to make flying cars take off with buyers, and there are huge technological and regulatory hurdles to overcome
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Posted on 2/23/25 at 3:02 am to redstick13
Finally Back to the Future is real.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 5:51 am to redstick13
Seems like I've seen these teasers for the past few years. Meanwhile, we're still waiting on autonomous driving to be a full-fledged thing. I'm not holding my breath on this and can't imagine average idiots flying cars unless everything was automated with crash avoidance built-in.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 6:20 am to RoyalWe
I can’t wait for the flying Altimas.
This post was edited on 2/23/25 at 6:44 am
Posted on 2/23/25 at 6:23 am to redstick13
There is no way this is worth it.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 6:36 am to redstick13
Hovering sounds cheap.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:06 am to redstick13
That thing would crush like a coke can in any accident lol. Looks like they put wheels and a shitty plastic frame on a big drone
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:11 am to redstick13
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and there are huge technological and regulatory hurdles to overcome.
Ya think?
Nobody wants the same driver who’s looking down at his/her phone doing 60 in a 40 and constantly crossing the lane line flying a car-sized hovercraft over their house.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:16 am to PetroAg
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:16 am to Dadren
lol women drivers in the air sounds terrifying
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:16 am to redstick13
Unless they are 100%, no exceptions, fully automated, “flying cars” would be an absolute disaster.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:17 am to redstick13
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half people
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:19 am to redstick13
Maybe that upside down delta pilot will get a chance to fly again after all
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:27 am to Dadren
Funny Scenarios:
1. drive up to an outdoor pay parking lot for an event. Hover over the pay gate, park, then hover out after the event.
2. approaching a draw bridge on a river, you don't make it in time before the bridge goes up. Just hover over it.
1. drive up to an outdoor pay parking lot for an event. Hover over the pay gate, park, then hover out after the event.
2. approaching a draw bridge on a river, you don't make it in time before the bridge goes up. Just hover over it.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 7:43 am to redstick13
Can you image hundreds or thousands of these flying around.
The sound alone would be unbearable.
The sound alone would be unbearable.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 9:51 am to redstick13
That toothache caused him to fly to the dentist in pain, but that upper cavity won’t be easy to repair.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 10:29 am to redstick13
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For around $300,000 (£237,000) the company says buyers will get an electric flying car with a predicted airborne range of 110km (68 miles).
We get something like this every couple of years, then rarely hear anything about it again. Largely, the ones available for sale end up being toys for the extremely wealthy to play with.
If someone can ever make one with that sort of range but price it down around $30k/$40k, it would change the way a lot cities work. Putting aside the astronomical liability issues of some asshat DUI'ing one or texting while flying, a legitimate flying car would essentially increase the travel capacity for a city by at least 2x.
It's fun to imagine, but I don't think we see any option in this field good enough to make a noticeable impact on society unless we can find a way to cheaply manipulate Higgs.
Posted on 2/23/25 at 10:30 am to redstick13
How much for the Yugo version?
Posted on 2/23/25 at 10:38 am to Odysseus32
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There is no way this is worth it.
Until you fly right over the daily crash on I10 in rush hour Baton Rouge traffic
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