Pre-Order Now: Alef Aeronautics Unveils the Model A Flying Car

This car is built as part of an agreement signed with the two aerospace companies, Pucara Aero and Myc. The idea is that it can take off and land vertically (a bit like a helicopter). It can fly but also operate as a lambda road vehicle.

A car with wings

The purpose of such a functionality? Simply avoid traffic jams. His body would be in a mesh, and the chassis of the vehicle capable of pivoting at 90 ° in order to turn into a large wing. If the body of the vehicle swivels, the cockpit of the vehicle will remain in place to ensure its maximum stability.

In an interview for CNN, Jim Dukhovny, founder and CEO of Alef Aeronautics, explains that the way the vehicle is built makes it “incredibly effective, incredibly economical in battery and gives it”The possibility of making long distances. Unfortunately, it will not be possible to make airlines with the family with this model: the vehicle is single!

The laws that supervise the use of such a vehicle

On the road, this car should be able to drive up to 40 km/h (we will not see it anytime soon on the highway). It would have an autonomy of 321 kilometers while driving and 177 in full flight. As for its price, it should cost 299,999 dollars when it was launched. To date, there are nearly 3,200 pre -order!

The regulation of this type of vehicle is still vague: as Live Science relays, the Federal Aviation Administration has defined these aircraft as “capable of taking off and landing vertically and flying at low speed”. However, the regulations stipulate that “Only the already certified pilots will be able to pilot motorized lust aircraft”. We are still far from going by flying car at work!