An aeronautical firm within the US has launched footage exhibiting an idea model of its flying automobile performing a vertical take-off earlier than flying over an SUV.
Jim Dukhovny, the CEO of Alef Aeronautics, advised the BBC’s senior expertise reporter Chris Vallance, that he had 1000’s of pre-orders and hoped to begin manufacturing inside 12 months.
For round $300,000 (£237,000) the corporate says patrons will get an electrical flying automobile with a predicted airborne vary of 110km (68 miles). However taking a pal for a spin might show difficult – the cockpit solely has sufficient room for one and a half individuals.
As Vallance factors out, Alef Aeronautics usually are not the one ones attempting to make flying automobiles take off with patrons. There are additionally big technological and regulatory hurdles to beat, so there’s nonetheless an extended strategy to go earlier than science fiction turns into actuality.
Video produced by Ian Casey and Serene Khalifeh
