9 Jul, 2021 @ 16:20
1 min read

THE FUTURE IS NOW: A flying car has completed a test flight between two airports then drove off afterwards

Car In Flight
Klein Vision

A SLOVAKIAN company has created a flying car prototype that completed a 35 minute flight between the international airports of Nitra and Bratislava, Slovakia. 

The company Klein Vision and their plane-car hybrid ‘AirCar’, according to its creator Professor Stefan Klein, has a range of 1,000km (600 miles), at an altitude of 8,200ft (2,500m). So far the AirCar has 40 hours worth of flying time under its belt. 

The car is capable of seamlessly transitioning between being a car and a plane in two minutes and 15 seconds. 

Flying Car Driving
-Klein Vision

Prof Klein himself flew the plane from Nitra to Bratislava, then drove off the runway and onto the town roads in front of the entire crowd, including the press. 

In an interview he described the flight as ‘normal’ and ‘very pleasant’.

The plane is capable of carrying two passengers, with a combined mass of 200kg (31 stone). And during the test flight the AirCar reached a cruising speed of 170km/h (106mph).

Klein Vision spent two years developing the prototype and invested €2 million into the project.

The senior advisor at Klein Vision believes that there is a ‘huge market’ for flying cars. Indeed, in 2019 consultant company Morgan Stanley speculated that the flying cars sector could be worth up to £1 trillion by 2040.

The concept of flying cars has recently gained more traction and is leaving the sphere of merely science fiction. A spanish company Enaire last year unveiled their plans to bring flying drone-taxis to Barcelona and Santiago de Compostela. 

Volocopter
Volocity Air Taxi -Volocopter

Successful manned passenger drone tests have already been carried out by the German company Volocopter and the Chinese company Ehang

Fully electric powered vehicles present an eco-friendly alternative to passenger travel, and also for delivery services. 

READ ALSO:

Costa Blanca hotels in Spain go hi-tech in replacing room keys and cards with facial recognition system

Benidorm looks to new high-tech guide system to help tourists on Spain’s Costa Blanca

Expat photographer catches once in a lifetime planetary alignment of Jupiter and Saturn from balcony terrace on Spain’s Costa…

Bizum Logo
Previous Story

SCAM ALERT: Warning of Bizum fraud in Spain

Heatwave could reach 45 degrees in inland areas of Spain's Valencia region
Next Story

Costa Blanca will sizzle in scorching temperatures during Spain’s biggest heatwave of the year

Latest from Lead

Go toTop

More From The Olive Press

Ryanair confirms major change to its check-in rules for next year

RYANAIR has announced a major change to its boarding pass

Slash the red tape! Experts in Spain demand lowering of bureaucratic hurdles to new construction projects

WITH rents soaring and a projected shortfall of 600,000 homes