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<\/p>\nFeb 19 2025<\/p>\n
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Who said\u00a0electric flying cars<\/a>\u00a0are only for the movies? Alef Aeronautics made history after posting a video of its electric car driving and vertically taking off in public. The video shows the electric flying car jumping over another vehicle as it takes flight. Watch \u201cthe world\u2019s first real flying car\u201d take flight below.<\/p>\n Is this the next Wright Brothers\u2019 Kitty Hawk moment? Alef\u2019s CEO, Jim Dukhovny, said the company is \u201cproving to humanity that new transportation is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n The company has been developing flying cars for about a decade. After showing a prototype to Tim Draper in 2017, an early investor in Tesla and SpaceX, his venture capital firm Draper Associates, backed Alef with $3 million in seed funding.<\/p>\n Alef shook the internet after unveiling a prototype of its flying car, dubbed the Model A, in 2022. The company claimed the 100% electric flying car can drive up to 220 miles with a 110-mile flight range.<\/p>\n Less than a year later, the Model A became the\u00a0first vehicle of its kind<\/a>\u00a0to obtain a Special Airworthiness Certification from the US Federal Aviation Administration. Alef even\u00a0became the first company<\/a>\u00a0with pre-orders to sell an aircraft through a car dealership.<\/p>\n The company made history again this week after releasing a video of an \u201cultralight version\u201d of its flying car taking flight in California.<\/p>\n Alef said it\u2019s the \u201cfirst-ever video in history of a car driving and vertically taking off.\u201d Although previous videos have shown tethered flights, cars using a runway to take off, and eVTOL flying taxis taking off, this is the first public video of a car actually driving and taking off vertically on a city street. The road was blocked off for safety.<\/p>\nElectric flying car takes flight in California<\/h2>\n
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