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The first flying car, 'Model A,' approved by the FAA and it's 100% electric

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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  • You know what it also is? A purely theoretical 3D rendered vehicle that doesn't exist.

    • The company, founded in 2015 by Dukhovny, Konstantin Kisly, Pavel Markin, Oleg Petrov in Palo Alto, California, has been test driving and flying the car's prototype since 2019.

      "The constraints were: it has to be a real car (driving in driving lanes, parking in parking spaces), it has to have a vertical takeoff (otherwise it is not a real flying car), it has to be affordable for most people (not just the rich)," Alef said.

      The following year, the first sub-scale prototype was built, and in 2018, the first full-size “skeleton” took to the skies.

      It's for real this time. Whether or not it will be a Tesla lemon, time will tell. But the FAA is generally EXTREMELY safety-conscious.

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