FAA approves test flights of flying car in skies above Silicon Valley

CLIP UP: “Look up in the sky, it’s a bird, it’s a plane…”

KARAH RUCKER: IT’S A FLYING CAR! THE GOVERNMENT HAS GIVEN A FLYING CAR PERMISSION TO BEGIN TEST-DRIVING — OR TEST FLYING — IN THE SKIES OF SILICON VALLEY. A SIGHT STRAIGHT FROM MOVIES SCENES…

CLIP UP: “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”

…AND TURNED INTO A REALITY.

FLYING ELECTRIC CAR HAS RANGE OF 110 MILES IN SKIES

ALEF AERONAUTICS IS A CALIFORNIA BASED COMPANY — LED BY CEO JIM DUKOVNY.

JIM DUKOVNY KRTV INTERVIEW: “It’s maybe a very small step for a plane, it’s a giant step for cars.”

THE NEXT GENERATION AUTOMOBILE SEEN HERE – IS SAID TO DRIVE LIKE A CAR, PARK LIKE A CAR – BUT CAN ALSO TAKE-OFF VERTICALLY AND HAS A ROTATING DESIGN.

IT HAS A DRIVING RANGE OF 200 MILES AND A FLYING RANGE OF 100.

DUKOVNY: “It’s safer than helicopters and planes, and safer than regular cars on the ground.”

FAA WORKING ON POLICIES FOR FLYING CARS

RUCKER: THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION GAVE THE GREEN LIGHT FOR THE COMPANY TO TEST FLY – AND IN THE MEANTIME — THE AGENCY IS WORKING ON POLICIES FOR THE TAKE-OFF AND LANDING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLES.

AS FOR ALEF-AERONAUTICS – THEY’RE CURRENTLY TAKING PREORDERS ON THEIR WEBSITE.

PRE-ORDER FLYING CAR PRICED AT $300,000

THE COST TO SAY YOU OWN A FLYING CAR IS CURRENTLY PRICED AT 300K.

AND IS SAID TO BE READY IN 2025.