Important Innovations Collection

  Alef's Model A Is Big Competition for XPeng's X3                                             Source:  Alef Aeronautics The Future of Flying Cars is Fast Approaching California-based flying car company Alef Aeronautics has unveiled its 2-passenger flying car Model A.  The all-electric driving and flying car is going on pre-sale in early 2023 for a $1500 deposit.  It's priced at $300,000 for delivery in late 2025.  The company claims that the vehicle will be the only road-certified flying car that can do vertical takeoffs and landings like a helicopter and also drive on the road.  That puts Model A in direct competition with China-based XPeng's X3 flying car.  The X3 handles like a normal car on the road and easily transitions to an eVTOL for vertical takeoffs, landings and flight.  As I reported yesterday, the X3 has j...

  Slovakia's AeroMobil AM 4.0 Aims to be World's 1st Operational Flying Car                                             Source:  AeroMobil A Real Flying-Driving Car Slovakia-based startup AeroMobil aims to be the first to bring real flying-driving cars to market and put them into the hands of average consumers.  The company has a flying car that has successfully completed thousands of hours of test flights.  It's called AeroMobil AM 4.0 and it is the 4th generation of the flying car that the company has been developing since 2010.  It is hybrid electric and AeroMobil hopes to actually deliver the vehicle to buyers in 2025. Tech Specs Power for the vehicle comes from a hybrid system with a turbocharged internal combustion engine that works for both driving and flying.  The transition from driving to flying takes under three m...