An investor with ties to SpaceX and Tesla is behind a new flying car nearing production.
I ’m not one to be particularly frantic about ultra - futurist engineering . To me , it ’s a infantile fixation of luxury for those who do n’t need to be concerned with the weightlift issue of the present . The construct of a flying car has never been too exciting — even if it could help me get to theairport faster .
But my booking are n’t hold back the futurity from arriving , and at least the news of the latestflying carincludes something that ’s not powered by traditional fuels . Alef Aeronautics , a sustainable transportation party that has received backing from Tim Draper , just herald that a epitome for a new flying car will be coming in 2025 . Draper was also involved in both SpaceX and Tesla , and the need for such a high - technical school fomite is apparently in mellow demand so all of this feels far more close to becoming reality than you might think .
CNBCreportsthat the troupe has already received 2,850 pre - orders for the motorcar , which will be an estimated $ 300,000 . The fly elevator car is actually shout out an electric vertical takeoff and landing ( eVTOL ) , and the Model A from Alef will have a driving range of 200 mi and a flight range of 110 naut mi . The two - seater fomite will have a " gimbaled cabin design and elevon system [ that ] provide a unruffled , stable ride and flying , keeping occupants stable , " concord toAlef Aeronautics . " There are no exposed propellers for added safety , wash the sound , and saving space . "
Courtesy of Alef Aeronautics
The motorcar will be completely drivable , open of vertical takeoff and landing place , and will be 100 % electric . In the melodic phrase , it will be able to reach cruising speeds of 110 miles per minute , and between 25 and 35 miles per hour on roads . Jim Dukhovny , Alef ’s CEO , is hoping that the Model A can go into production in 2025 .
" If everything goes justly , we plan to , and if we have enough funding , if the law is at least not going to be worsened , it ’s going to be existing as it is , we plan to pop out yield of the first one by the remnant of 2025 , " Dukhovny said in an consultation with CNBC .
But do n’t expect a mass of 2,850 electric vehicles to start hum around all at once — Dukhovny say Alef plans on producing the cars " one by one " and that they will be popping up very slowly . That ’s good intelligence , because I do n’t think we;‘e currently got the base for that kind of sky traffic .
A rendering of what the Model A will look like in the air.|Courtesy of Alef Aeronautics
Alef is n’t the only company with flying cars on the horizon . Dubai is expected to establish anair taxiin 2026 , Chicago has plans to launch one toO’Hare International Airportin 2025 , andDelta announceda partnership with another flying vehicle troupe , Joby Aviation , back in 2022 .
