First Flying Car Worth N232m For Test Flight  

The first entirely electric vehicle to get US official permission to both fly in the air and ride on roads has been certified for testing by the Federal Aviation Administration of the United States.

The vehicle is referred to as a flying car.

The “Model A” is the first flying vehicle that can be driven on public roads and parked like a regular car, according to California start-up company Alef Automotive. Additionally, it can take off and land vertically. It will reportedly feature a capacity for one or two passengers and a road range of 200 miles as well as a flying range of 110 miles.

The company expects to sell the vehicle for $300,000 each with the first delivery projected for the end of 2025. According to the FAA, it has granted the business a unique airworthiness certificate, allowing for only a few specific uses, such as display and research and development.

Several businesses are developing VTOLs, or vehicle takeoff and landing aircraft, which are entirely electric.

Alef received a unique airworthiness certificate though the FAA claimed that it is “not the first aircraft of its kind” to do so.

Alef, however, pointed out that the vehicle’s ability to function on land and in the air, to look like a typical automobile, and to park in a typical parking area set it apart from other vehicles

According to the company’s website, the flying car will be certified as a “low speed vehicle,” meaning it won’t be allowed to travel more quickly than 25 mph on cemented roads.

The company stated on the website that “the assumption is that, if a driver needs a faster route, a driver will use Alef’s flight capabilities.”

The vehicle has been under development since 2015. Inspired by the “Back to the Future” films, four friends, Constantine Kisly, Pavel Markin, Oleg Petrov, and Dukhovny—decided to start a business to try to create flying automobiles.

The business claims that a full-size prototype was successfully flown in 2019 after a successful initial automated test flight of a skeletal form of the car was completed in 2018.

Alef, however, claimed that in order to proceed with the required research and development, it was necessary to have the FAA’s special airworthiness certificate.

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