Greener Transport? World’s First Flying Car to Go On Sale Next Month

[rangerrebew]

Greener Transport? World’s First Flying Car to Go On Sale Next Month
Eric Worrall / 16 hours ago September 27, 2018   
 

Guest essay by Eric Worrall

The global automobile carbon footprint is about to get a significant boost, with the dawn of the age of flying cars.

    World’s first flying car to go on sale next month and it could cost more than £300,000

    Jasper Hamill
    Thursday 27 Sep 2018 9:57 am

    The world’s first flying car will be available to pre-order next month. A Chinese company called Terrafugia is preparing to unleash a vehicle called the Transition which can turn from an automobile into an aircraft in just a minute.

    It travels at just 100 miles per hour, making it slower than the world’s most sluggish jet, the Soviet PZL M-15 Belphegor which was built to be used on massive state-owned farms. The most striking aspect of the Transition is its folding wings, which extend to allow flight and can be retracted when driving on roads.

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2018/09/27/greener-transport-worlds-first-flying-car-to-go-on-sale-month/

[rangerrebew]

Do you have to fly it to China to get repairs done?

[thackney]

While advertised as a flying car, it is really a drive-able airplane.







http://terrafugia.com/the-transition/

[thackney]

Do you have to fly it to China to get repairs done?

Terrafugia has been a US based company for over a decade in Woburn, Massachusetts.  Last year the company was bought by Zhejiang Geely Holding Group of China.  It is not made in China but in the US.

Chinese Company Buys Woburn Flying Car Company
https://patch.com/massachusetts/woburn/chinese-company-buys-woburn-flying-car-company
Nov 14, 2017

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

LOL, they've had "flying cars" since the 50's. They never go anywhere because the problems with flying cars were always legal and safety, not technical.