Watch as real-life flying car takes to the skies | BBC News

An aeronautical company in the US has released footage showing a concept version of its flying car performing a vertical take-off before flying over an SUV.

Jim Dukhovny, the CEO of Alef Aeronautics, told the BBC's senior technology reporter Chris Vallance, that he had thousands of pre-orders and hoped to start production within 12 months.

For about $300,000 (£237,000) the company said that buyers will get an electric flying car with a predicted airborne range of 110km (68 miles). But taking a friend for a spin may prove tricky - the cockpit only has enough room for one and a half people.

Alef Aeronautics are not the only ones trying to make flying cars take off with buyers, and there are huge technological and regulatory hurdles to overcome.

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[sillygoose]

It's not a 'flying car. It's a drone with a lightweight mock-up body.
The way it moves tells us it weighs almost nothing.

[stanmarsh]

When these scammers will stop making large drones and calling it a flying car

[setimo]

It's a drone dressed up as a car lol

[MatrixEvolution]

I got enough problems as it is, the last thing I need is the fear of a flying car falling on me

[erik-mp]

Saying "the safety of the actual vehicle is good enough for consumers" while not looking into the camera definitely won me over

[philu]

People can barely drive on the road, imagine if cars are flying

[mr.factoid]

we tested stuff like this in the 1960s, there is a reason it was abandoned

[sirnodrick]

People in this country struggle to drive in a straight line on a motorway without crashing. Imagine the destruction of an Audi driver in a flying car.

[jacobaddotta]

The startup is "safe enough" for the consumer market...

[HereIsmarcus]

Such nonsense. Get it together BBC. We all recognise a drone with a cardboard shell.

[iain]

Wow that drone almost looks like a car

[blueshit]

1925: "We will have flying cars in the future"
2025: "Holy shit"

[Ngn]

flying cars were invented long ago. They're called helicopters

[semispiral]

We already have flying cars: they are called helicopters.

[uriahdudai]

It's just a drone dressed up as a car lol

[sergeabt]

wait until a gust of wind picks up and let's see how it fares lol

[Thispersonmademecrywithfacts]

This is a drone with a car body on it. Nothing more.

[TonyStark-uuus]

How are the BBC getting suckered into shit like this?

[SmellySumtom]

Those bicycle wheels look like they will give it a smooth ride flying over potholes

[JennLynneF]

Chitty chitty bang bang 🎉 It's a drone flying in a car costume.