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.

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What could possibly go wrong? (everything)

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There are strict rules about flying. If it is an airplane then you need pilots license, which involves a lot of training. I’m comfortable with someone who has a pilots license having one, but it isn’t easy to get a pilots license and you need to follow strict rules of where you can fly. Large parts of most cities have complex rules on where you are allowed to fly, so most trips will not be practical in the city as you can’t get close to where you want to go.

Either that or it is an ultralight, which doesn’t need a pilots license, but has strict rules on where you can fly (no cities, or something like that), and even stricter max power rules, also pilot only no passengers.

Either way, it is only practical if you are a farmer, fly to inspect your fields, then fly to the nearest ‘big’ city for shopping. (Big city may be 30k people). The slow ground speed and limited flying area makes it a toy for most people, not 'practical transport .

The above assumes that it actually goes on sale, that is not a scam.

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If it works then I can see it being used how you say. I’m … skeptical (at best) that it will work though.

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Maybe lazy rich people will want one so they don’t have to get off the plane or out of the car when traveling. Between a state or two.

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It looks like it’s a giant quadcopter with wheels and a car shaped shell. It’s hard to believe it has the lift to lift multiple people anyways…

I’m betting on ultralight. And toy for rich people, not for practical use.

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Someone should try to convince him to get into the submarine game.

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He looks like Nicholas Cage

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