OK! I'm in!

[charliearon 3,041]

As long as it fits in my garage! 🚙

 

[dmwalker 612]

"A company video (at top) shows the Model A coming up to a traffic obstruction, going into lift mode, hurdling the obstacle, landing back on the highway and driving off, while the other cars are stuck in gridlock. Whether that’ll be legal or not remains to be seen. "

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/alef-aeronautics-flying-car-automobile-helicopter-1234767080/ 

[charliearon 3,041]

43 minutes ago, dmwalker said:

"A company video (at top) shows the Model A coming up to a traffic obstruction, going into lift mode, hurdling the obstacle, landing back on the highway and driving off, while the other cars are stuck in gridlock. Whether that’ll be legal or not remains to be seen. "

https://robbreport.com/motors/aviation/alef-aeronautics-flying-car-automobile-helicopter-1234767080/

Yeah!  Funny that these articles or videos never mention if doing something like that will be legal!

[dmwalker 612]

And with a top speed of 35 mph, you won't be able to go on expressways even if you wanted to.

It will look really impressive in your driveway, though.

[n4gix 4,956]

9 minutes ago, dmwalker said:

And with a top speed of 35 mph,

Hmmm. I gathered that 35 was the top speed when airborne.

[dmwalker 612]

6 minutes ago, n4gix said:

Hmmm. I gathered that 35 was the top speed when airborne.

You may be right. It says "the initial top speed of 35 mph will comply with regulations for low-speed electric vehicles." Does that mean airborne vehicles like ultralights?

[n4gix 4,956]

Possibly so. I am puzzled by the disparity between the sales price of the " Alef Model A" at $300k and the other "Z" model under development at only $35k! That just doesn't seem possible!

[mwilk 1,107]

If you saw how the fools drive their cars here in Texas you wouldn't be so enthusiastic about having these same knuckleheads flying above you.🙂 

[charliearon 3,041]

37 minutes ago, dmwalker said:

And with a top speed of 35 mph

 

Since it says that only a drone license is needed to fly it, maybe 35 MPH is a drone's top speed in flight??

[Fielder 3,743]

"payload limit 200 pounds including passenger and luggage". 

Alef may be sued for fat shaming its customers.

[dmwalker 612]

7 minutes ago, charliearon said:

maybe 35 MPH is a drone's top speed in flight??

"The fastest commercial drone ever released is the Yuneec Typhoon H Pro. It has a top speed of 70 mph."

Apparently the speed limit is 100 mph

[Bob Scott 7,751]

The ideal car for a police chase.  Just fly over the stop sticks!  😈

[dmwalker 612]

1 minute ago, Bob Scott said:

The ideal car for a police chase.  Just fly over the stop sticks!

At first, I thought the car at 0:32 was flying over a tollbooth.

[cmpbellsjc 2,963]

4 hours ago, mwilk said:

If you saw how the fools drive their cars here in Texas you wouldn't be so enthusiastic about having these same knuckleheads flying above you.🙂 

Yeah, I agree. I was just thinking about how bad the drivers are here in the metroplex.

 Something weird seems to be going on where a lot of people seem to have trouble going at least the speed limit. That’s like 80% of the issue I see. Then you have the yahoos in the Chargers, Mustangs, and other American muscle cars that treat the road like a racetrack, GTA, or Fast and Furious and go like 30mph over the limit and weave in and out of traffic. 

I also can’t forgive the fact that the old unwritten rule about the left lane being the “fast lane” has been forgotten. Can’t tell you how many times I see people in the left lane going like 10-20 mph under the limit and refuse to move over. 

The severely slow, way under the speed limit driver is what gets me the most since it’s the most common. Nothing more annoying that getting on the 183 toll going between Dallas and FTW, where the posted speed is 75 and it goes to one lane and you get stuck behind someone going 60 for no apparent reason. 

[188AHC 2,141]

Oh heck no with the way people drive today.