Alef Aeronautics' 'Model A' has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.

Alef Aeronautics’ ‘Model A’ has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.

    • reverie@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Will rich idiots with too much money buy this car and kill themselves?

      Recent data suggests yes.

  • nBodyProblem@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    “The constraints were: […] it has to be affordable for most people (not just the rich),” Alef said.

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    It costs $300k.

  • poudi8@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t understand why, if it’s approved by the FAA, there’s no actual video of it, only renders.

  • rm_dash_r_star@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Flying car stories are like battery tech stories, always one around the corner that’s going to revolutionize the industry. Just clickbait based on the glaring lack of technical details.

    Anyway people can’t avoid accidents in two dimensions, adding another dimension would make that orders of magnitude worse. The only way flying cars can work safely is 100% autopilot. They still can’t get autopilots to work without incident in normal cars.

    • dgendreau@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Exactly! Flying cars sound neat in scifi, but in reality they are fucking loud and require 10x as much fuel or energy to transport the same people or goods. Just imagine the constant screaming noise overhead and if you think people drive like idiots now, just wait till they have to drive in 3 dimensions. No thanks!