The only problem is that it has little car and a lot of evtol

We have been dreaming of seeing for years Flying cars touring our cities. Films like ‘The fifth element‘,’Blade Runner 2049‘ and ‘Total Recall‘They have drawn us a future where the traffic jams are resolved in the air, releasing the streets and transforming urban mobility. However, reality is still determined to go slower, with a variety of challenges that must still be resolved. These types of alternatives have not yet reached the market, although some companies promise to change the rules of the game.

Alef Aeronautics, The company is developing “the first real flying car in the world”he has shown his prototype in action. In a video posted by CNBCthe vehicle rises with apparent on an SUV and lands right in front of him, suggesting that science fiction is one step closer to come true. However, the exhibition has left more questions than answers and at least one certainty: what we have seen resembles the floating cars of cinema and much more to a car -shaped evtol.

Alef Aeronautics flying car

Model A, which is how the vehicle has been baptized, aims to become a low -speed electric vehicle, a category that in the United States and Canada encompasses golf carts and has several restrictions, such as a Maximum speed of about 40 km/h (25 mph). The flying car, they explain, can travel a distance of about 320 kilometers per earth or 177 kilometers by air. At the moment it is not clear how many people can transport, what comforts will offer passengers and other details.

Model A during one of its most recent tests

Alef Aeronautics explained to the press present in the exhibition that is limiting the information to protect its intellectual property. Nor allowed journalists to get too close to the vehicle. In fact, according to the American media, at no time saw the driver enter or get out of the car. Although everything indicates that there is still work to be done, the startup claims to have received more than 3,200 orders and promises that the production of Model A will start at the end of this year or the beginning of 2026.

A Model A render in full flight

The emerging company indicates on its website that the flying car will cost about 299,999 dollars. While Ferrari and Tesla play in different leagues, we take their prices as a reference: the vehicle would cost more than a Tesla Model S or a Ferrari Roma Spider. And for those who look for something that really fly, a helicopter like the Robinson R22 Beta II Round the $ 350,000. The Chinese firm Xpeng Aeroht, meanwhile, is working on a hybrid concept, A car that hides an evolution in the trunk.

Alef Aeronautics was born in 2015. The first design was nothing more than a sketch on a napkin, but a year later they already had a prototype to subscale. The company continued to advance with tests in wind tunnels and computerized simulations, until in 2019 it managed to fly its first full -size prototype. Recently, he has signed agreements with Spanish firms Pucara Aerospecialized in the manufacture of aeronautical pieces, and MYCfocused on aeronautical production.

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