The company hopes to start delivering flying cars to customers by the end of 2025.
The Alef Aeronautics flying car has received regulatory approval to fly from the US government. The car company has announced that it has received special airworthiness certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the aviation law firm said. Aviation Law Center. It is the first time a vehicle of this nature has been certified in the US.
“The FAA is actively working on its electric vertical take-off and landing vehicle (eVTOL) policy, as well as governing the interactions between eVTOLs and ground infrastructure,” Alef Aviation said in a statement.
“Alef’s special airworthiness certificate therefore limits the locations and purpose for which Alef is allowed to fly,” the statement added.
Based in San Mateo, California, the flying car is 100 percent electric and can carry one or two occupants. The car costs about $300,000 because it can fly over stationary traffic and crashes on roads, it reported Fox news.
The company unveiled a full-size sports car in October 2022 along with two working full-size technology demonstrators. In January, the company said more than 440 of its vehicles had been pre-ordered “from both private and business consumers.”
According to reports, the company hopes to start delivering flying cars to customers by the end of 2025.
“Alef is aiming to deliver the first true flying car in history, and to receive so many early pre-orders is incredible confirmation of the market potential we are aiming to fulfill,” said Alef CEO Jim Dukhovny. a statement. this year.
According to the website, the flying car is being developed to drive on a “regular urban or rural road”. It can be parked in a normal parking space and in a normal sized garage.
The car will not go faster than 25 miles per hour on a paved surface as it is a low speed vehicle. “The assumption is that if a driver needs a faster route, a driver will use Alef’s flight capabilities,” Alef states on its website.