Alef Aeronautics, a sustainable mobility company designing and developing a flying car, has successfully conducted a flight test of its flying car in a city environment.
The test was conducted with thorough safety measures, ensuring the road was closed off during the flight test, no people were under or near the flight path, the area around was not densely populated, and all safety equipment and personnel were present. The test was reportedly completed successfully without any safety issues.
A special ultralight version of the Alef Model Zero was used. In the past year, Alef achieved both a reduction in weight and enhancements in structural integrity for its flying vehicle.
Alongside the testing, Alef released what is allegedly the first-ever video of a car driving and vertically taking off. While previous videos exist of cars driving and using a runway to take off, videos of tethered flights, and eVTOL flying taxis taking off, the company believes that this is the first publicly released video of a car driving and taking off vertically.
Jim Dukhovny, CEO of Alef, commented, “This drive and flight test represents an important proof of technology in a real-world city environment. We hope it will be a moment similar to the Wright Brothers’ Kitty Hawk video, proving to humanity that new transportation is possible.”
