Watch first flying automobile to really fly: US-based startup’s mannequin lifts off in California

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  • The flying automobile was seen taking off and flying over a parked automobile in California just lately.
Flying car Alef Aeronautics
Screengrab from a video shared by US-based Alef Aeronautics reveals its Mannequin Zero lifting off the road like a helicopter and flying over a second parked automobile earlier than touching down on the opposite facet. (Courtesy: X/@byalexai)

A US-based startup has efficiently examined a flying automobile which was seen taking off in California in a video that has now gone viral on social media. The corporate Alef Aeronautics was seen testing its Mannequin Zero, a drive-and-fly prototype, just lately on a public street. The video reveals the Mannequin Zero, which seems extra like a automobile from science fiction films, taking off with all 4 wheels and flying over a parked automobile on the bottom earlier than touchdown once more.

The Mannequin Zero is a completely electrical car beneath testing by the corporate. Alef Aeronautics additionally plans to launch the primary mannequin quickly. It says that it has obtained greater than 3,000 pre-orders thus far. Alef is planning to place the mannequin into manufacturing by 2026.

The startup stated that the check was carried out with with all security measures in place. The corporate ensured that the general public street was closed for everybody else with no folks beneath or close to the flight path of the flying automobile.

First video of a flying automobile taking off

The video launched by the startup of the flying automobile check is the primary ever in historical past of a automobile driving and vertically taking off, in response to the corporate. “This drive and flight check represents an necessary proof of know-how in a real-world metropolis setting. We hope it is going to be a second just like the Wright Brothers’ Kitty Hawk video, proving to humanity that new transportation is feasible,” stated Jim Dukhovny, CEO of Alef.

Solely few particulars in regards to the Mannequin Zero can be found. It’s a single seater electrical automobile which has vertical takeoff and touchdown (eVTOL). The corporate claims the EV has a driving vary of 322 kms in a single cost. It additionally comes with a flying vary of 1777 kms. Amongst security options, the flying automobile comes with Distributed Electrical Propulsion (DEP), a number of redundancies in key parts, real-time diagnostics, impediment detection, glide touchdown capabilities and a full-vehicle ballistic parachute.

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First Revealed Date: 26 Feb 2025, 10:34 AM IST

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