Flying car company to test futuristic vehicles in US airspace: 'Uses less energy per trip than a Tes

[rangerrebew]

Flying car company to test futuristic vehicles in US airspace: 'Uses less energy per trip than a Tesla'
 
Self-driving cars are quickly spreading across the country — could flying cars be next?

Alef, based in San Mateo, California, has secured agreements with two Silicon Valley airports to test the world's first flying car that can take off vertically from roads, per Interesting Engineering.
 
The company will begin operations at Half Moon Bay and Hollister airports, marking a major milestone for personal air transportation.

The fully electric vehicle promises to slash commute times and deliver surprising efficiency benefits.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/other/flying-car-company-to-test-futuristic-vehicles-in-us-airspace-uses-less-energy-per-trip-than-a-tesla/ar-AA1MtJn2?ocid=widgetonlockscreen&cvid=68d825e3106347b7bd554047d9cabc22&ei=34

[Kamaji]

Thanks, but no thanks.

[rangerrebew]

As a licensed pilot, I can tell you the rules of the air road and concrete road are much different and far less forgiving as has been shown several times in Washington DC airspace.  To think of some of the numbskulls I see every day on the road flying around is as scary as it getsl

[Kamaji]

As a licensed pilot, I can tell you the rules of the air road and concrete road are much different and far less forgiving.  To think of some of the numbskulls I see every day on the road flying around is as scary as it getsl

It gets better - the vehicle is supposed to qualify as as ultralight, so no pilot's license required.

[rangerrebew]

It gets better - the vehicle is supposed to qualify as as ultralight, so no pilot's license required.

 

[catfish1957]

Thanks, but no thanks.

Riding in a self driving car without being able to control it would be almost as terrorizing,.

[DB]

Riding in a self driving car without being able to control it would be almost as terrorizing,.

Speaking of self driving cars... A bunch of Waymo cars drove themselves into flooded streets around Phoenix yesterday...

https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/waymo-temporarily-suspends-operations-amid-severe-flash-flooding-in-metro-phoenix

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

They've had flying cars since the 50's... you could argue a helicopter is sort of a flying car. It's not the technology, it's the safety, regulatory, and noise concerns.

It will never happen, period.

[Smokin Joe]

As a licensed pilot, I can tell you the rules of the air road and concrete road are much different and far less forgiving as has been shown several times in Washington DC airspace.  To think of some of the numbskulls I see every day on the road flying around is as scary as it getsl

Considering there are a lot of people who can't drive in two dimensions, the thought of them bombing around in three is scary. Add in idiots who don't know what they don't know, and a few of the types who run down people in parades and at festivals, and this isn't going to be pretty. Then there will be those who have the money to 'rise above the rest', but not the skills...

[240B]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTq6Tofmo7E

Doesn't look that complicated to me?

[Fishrrman]

Flying cars?

Imagine if everyone had 'em.

That would solve "the population problem" pretty damn quickly...

[Smokin Joe]

Flying cars?

Imagine if everyone had 'em.

That would solve "the population problem" pretty damn quickly...

They'd run out of Darwin awards...