Posted on 02/21/2025 7:08:53 PM PST by mairdie
That’s one way to avoid congestion pricing.
U.S. automaker Alef Aeronautics proved that the sky’s not the limit for vehicles after releasing the first-ever footage of a flying car like something out of a science-fiction movie.
The groundbreaking fly run starts off typically enough with the black test vehicle — which is 100% electric — driving along a road in California. Then, all of a sudden, it lifts off vertically and soars over another car like a less futuristic scene from the film "Back To The Future II."
Flight is facilitated through a system called distributed electric propulsion, with a mesh layer covering propeller blades to allow air to flow through the vehicle, according to the Daily Mail.
“This is the first publicly released video of a car driving and taking off vertically,” declared company CEO Jim Dukhovny in a recent press release. He compared the automotive milestone to the Wright Brothers’ revolutionary Kitty Hawk video from 1903, Electrek reported.
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“Flight is facilitated through a system called distributed electric propulsion, with a mesh layer covering propeller blades to allow air to flow through the vehicle”
Fake photo, fake video, fake news.
ALSO, when the police pull someone over, where are they going to pull them over to?
Where to start...
One ugly azz car
How much fuel was used for that one maneuver
What would the license requirements be ..pilot?
If everyone has one then nothing was solved
>>If everyone has one then nothing was solved
Brilliant observation. Never even thought along that line.
The limited landspeed of 25mph will sink the venture with the present planned model. If they are going to sell the vehicle as both able to fly and able to drive on the roads, they will have to engineer it to have a much higher max land speed of at least 65mph.
“... when the police pull someone over, where are they going to pull them over to?”
Check out the traffic scenes in the movie “Fifth Element” - slightly organized chaos.
On the other hand, in the country there’s less need for a flying car than in the congested city. So a slower top speed doesn’t hurt there.
Yes, it could be a little over your head. 😉
Every congested city, even Manhattan, has highways through and around it to ease traffic coming into and leaving the area. Anyone operating a flying car is going to want to use it not just in the congested areas but getting into and out of them. 25mp just won’t do it.
Well thank goodness. Now that Jose' and his over-powered leaf blower are being deported we need something that will damage the car paint and windshields Americans are too lazy to.
What do we do when they start confusing the roofs of the Walmarts and shopping malls as the parking lots?
Yes, I’ve seen it. What a fun movie! BIG BADDA Boom! Flying cars for everyone! You green? I’m green!😀
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