Flying Cars. They're here, they're real.

[MountainGirl]

Alef touts the car’s ability to avoid traffic, fly in any direction while giving a "cinematic 180 plus degree view for safe and enjoyable flight."

Customers can preorder the vehicle, which can seat up to two people is expected to cost around $300,000.

You can pre-order here: https://alef.aero/preorder.html


An FAA spokesperson told Fox Business it "issued a Special Airworthiness Certificate for the Armada Model Zero aircraft on June 12, 2023. This certificate allows the aircraft to be used for limited purposes, including exhibition, research and development.

https://www.foxbusiness.com/technolo...ting-preorders

 

[kbaxter60]

I was gonna liquidate $300k of ammo and buy one for y'all, but there's very little meat on those bones. I didn't check the FOX link,but the company link was very, uh, economical with details. On the car part OR the flight part. Is it a glorified quad rotor like most? Use alien anti gravity tech? Please share.

 

[MountainGirl]

I was gonna liquidate $300k of ammo and buy one for y'all, but there's very little meat on those bones. I didn't check the FOX link,but the company link was very, uh, economical with details. On the car part OR the flight part. Is it a glorified quad rotor like most? Use alien anti gravity tech? Please share.

From the Fox link:

"The fully electric vehicle (with a hydrogen option for a higher price) is a low-speed vehicle that can be driven up to 200 miles on public roads and fits into a regular garage, but it can also launch vertically into the air with a flying range of 110 miles, according to Alef's website.

The company's "Model A" car "can fly forward above the obstacles until a desired destination is reached," the San Mateo-based company says. "The driver and the cabin are stabilized by a unique gimbaled rotating cabin design."

Alef first unveiled the car last October and said it has already taken a "strong" number of preorders from people and businesses.

The FAA is working on policies for the takeoff and landing of electric vehicles, the company said.

"We're excited to receive this certification from the FAA," Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny, who co-founded the company in 2015, said in a statement.

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That's all I got.

 

[BRD@66]

Electric. So, when (not if) it bursts into flame, it'll be over some innocent's head.

 

[TreyG-20]

That looks as reliable as an Oceangate submersible.

 

[TX oddball]

pfftt..

They've been around for decades.

 

[dsgrey]

I'm short on cash, just put down $250k for a sub trip which might be safer.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

I flew by a 78-79 Corvette this morning.

 

[Gordo]

That looks as reliable as an Oceangate submersible.

That's the first thing that come to my mind...

I like that Go-Kart frame.

 

[Aus_Schwaben]

Way too many people can barely drive in two dimensions let alone three!

 

[msharley]

 

[kbaxter60]

From the Fox link:

"The fully electric vehicle (with a hydrogen option for a higher price) is a low-speed vehicle that can be driven up to 200 miles on public roads and fits into a regular garage, but it can also launch vertically into the air with a flying range of 110 miles, according to Alef's website.

The company's "Model A" car "can fly forward above the obstacles until a desired destination is reached," the San Mateo-based company says. "The driver and the cabin are stabilized by a unique gimbaled rotating cabin design."

Alef first unveiled the car last October and said it has already taken a "strong" number of preorders from people and businesses.

The FAA is working on policies for the takeoff and landing of electric vehicles, the company said.

"We're excited to receive this certification from the FAA," Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny, who co-founded the company in 2015, said in a statement.

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That's all I got.

Thanks!
$300k for a Model A, HA HA!

The FAA better work on a lot more than takeoff and landing. Like pilotage, VFR rules, IFR rules, and cross country navigation. To start.
Rich folks untrained in their sophisticated toys make me nervous.
Ever seen jet ski accidents? People driving don't understand their steering. Bad start.

 

[MountainGirl]

Jetsons!! Yeah baby!!

 

[msharley]

Jetsons!! Yeah baby!!

Miss Jane! She wuz a Red Haid!

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

No thanks!

 

[TexasRedneck]

I kept looking at the calendar, sure I'd messed up an' it's April 1st....

SO many warning flags on this one - such as the "advance deposit".......maybe our grandchildren will be around to take delivery...or a refund!

 

[msharley]

I kept looking at the calendar, sure I'd messed up an' it's April 1st....

SO many warning flags on this one - such as the "advance deposit".......maybe our grandchildren will be around to take delivery...or a refund!

 

[Axxe55]

i'm waiting for the james bond submarine car!

 

[Txhighlander]

Way too many people can barely drive in two dimensions let alone three!

Absolutely, I can't see this going well. In a traffic jam they engage lift off into the traffic helicopter or an overpass. To repeat myself, can't see that going well!

 

[TexasRedneck]

To repeat myself, can't see that going well!

I can - another win for Darwin!!