Startup backed by Tesla investor says is building the first real flying car
Alef Aeronautics has unveiled its fully electric flying car, the Model A, capable of both driving on roads and vertical takeoff! pic.twitter.com/BetSPJYXM6
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A 53-second video, shown below, depicts a vaguely car-shaped object appearing to take flight and soar over an older GMC Yukon XL before pitching back down on a landing pad which may or may not be a green tarpaulin. The audio sounds not unlike what one hears when sending a drone aloft, giving a clue as to how this contraption hoists itself into the air. Takeoff and landing are vertical, like a helicopter.
Another clip, which gets oddly foggy as it progresses, shows what could be the same device taking off and leapfrogging a Lexus RX. This time the feat is depicted on a residential street, though the visible wayfinding signage is blurred out. The clip ends before the machine actually lands, cutting off while it is still several feet aloft. Alef estimates a driving range of 200 miles (320 km) or a flight range of about half that. Other details are scarce.
