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☆ China is getting a head start on the flying car industry: report
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

China is pulling ahead in the flying car industry. AdvertisementChina is leading the pack as the flying car industry tries to take off. Kellen Xie, the vice president of Chinese eVTOL company AutoFlight Group, told the Financial Times that the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) has been "quite supportive" of the growing industry. Related storiesXie told FT that CAAC regulators "work longer hours" and "are determined to actually speed up the process of bringing this new technology into reality." A month later, California-based startup Aska became the second eVTOL company to earn FAA certification, but Aska's prototype is more like an aircraft than a car.

Persons: AutoFlight, —, Kellen Xie, Xie Organizations: Service, AutoFlight, Financial Times, Civil Aviation Administration of China, Federal Aviation Administration, Alef Aeronautics, FAA Locations: China, Europe, California

☆ Inside the world of flying cars, or eVTOLs, which are moving closer to reality
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-19 | by ( Arjun Kharpal | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Source: Alef AeronauticsWhat if flying around in an electric vehicle is a key part of the way you travel in the future? EVTOLs, or electric vertical take-off and landing vehicles, popularly known as flying cars or air taxis, are being developed by firms in the U.S. to Europe and Asia. Four of the most common eVTOLsAn eVTOL aircraft can take off and land vertically. From the technologies they use to take off and land to the fact they're electric, eVTOLs are trying to distinguish themselves from helicopters. While some wealthy individuals may own their electric aircraft, they will more likely be operated in fleets by an operator, as is the case with airlines.

Persons: Lilium, Jim Dukhovny, Tim Draper, EHang Organizations: Aeronautics, JPMorgan, CNBC Tech, Aviation, European Union Aviation Safety Agency, Federal Aviation Administration, Civil Aviation Administration of China, eVTOLs, Alef Aeronautics Alef Aeronautics, Alef Aeronautics, SpaceX, Theranos Locations: U.S, Europe, Asia, —, eVTOLs, United States, China, Munich, Germany, Spain

☆ Inside Alef Aeronautics, the company trying to build a car you can both drive and fly
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-04 | by ( Deirdre Bosa | Cristy Garratt | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Alef Aeronautics is in the early stages of developing a vehicle it hopes will both drive on roads and fly above them. We're trying to build a car which can vertically take off and fly efficiently," Jim Dukhovny, Alef Aeronautics' co-founder and CEO, told CNBC Tech: The Edge in an interview. In 2015, the team behind Alef met for the first time in a coffee shop, where Dukhovny scribbled the idea for his flying car down on a napkin. Dukhovny told CNBC there are currently 3,000 customers on its waitlist. Watch the video above for the rest of CNBC Tech: The Edge's interview with Alef Aeronautics' Jim Dukhovny and Director of R&D Oleg Petrov.

Persons: Jim Dukhovny, Dukhovny, Tim Draper, Draper, Tim, Oleg Petrov Organizations: Aeronautics, Alef Aeronautics, CNBC Tech, Alef, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, National, Traffic Safety Administration, SpaceX, CNBC Locations: Theranos

☆ This flying-car startup that's backed by SpaceX has almost 3,000 preorders
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-05 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alef Aeronautics said it's received over 2,850 reservations so far for its $300,000 flying car. The Silicon Valley startup is backed by Elon Musk's SpaceX. A $300,000 flying car known as the Model A is in the works at Alef Aeronautics, and the SpaceX-backed Silicon Valley startup said it's gotten over 2,850 preorders. Alef Aeronautics is set to begin deliveries in Q4 of 2025. The Model A was the first flying car to receive approval for test flights from the Federal Aviation Administration in July.

Persons: it's, Elon Musk's, —, Jim Dukhovny, Alef Organizations: Aeronautics, Elon Musk's SpaceX, Service, Alef Aeronautics, SpaceX, CNBC, preorder, Federal Aviation Administration Locations: preorders

☆ SpaceX-backed startup says preorders for its $300,000 futuristic flying car have reached 2,850
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-04 | by ( Ryan Browne | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

watch nowBARCELONA, Spain — Alef Aeronautics, a SpaceX-backed flying car firm, says it has reached 2,850 preorders for its futuristic electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicle. Dukhovny calls Alef's vehicle the "first flying car in history." "But we always had the idea that it has to be a car, a physical car, a regular car, as you can see it's an eVTOL, an electric car. Alef's car is mainly designed to be driven on the road, but will be able to take to the skies, too. To drive on the road, the car uses four small engines in each of the wheels, and will drive similar to a normal electric car.

Persons: Jim Dukhovny, Dukhovny, David Zorrakino, Tim Draper, Elon Organizations: Spain — Alef Aeronautics, SpaceX, Alef Aeronautics, Boeing, Airbus, Joby Aviation, CNBC, Mobile, Europa Press, Getty, SKTelecom Locations: BARCELONA, Spain, San Mateo , California, Alef, Germany, Korean

☆ Alef CEO: 2025 target for flying car 'actually pretty realistic'
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-01 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailAlef CEO: 2025 target for flying car 'actually pretty realistic'Jim Dukhovny, CEO and co-founder of U.S. startup Alef Aeronautics, says the company has reached 2,850 preorders for its flying car, and is still on track for the end of 2025 to begin production.

Persons: Jim Dukhovny Organizations: Email Alef, U.S, Alef Aeronautics

☆ The company behind the $300,000 flying EV the FAA approved for test flights says it has already received $250 million of preorders
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-04 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Alef Aeronautics says it's got more than $250 million of preorders for its electric flying car. Alef has received FAA approval for test flights, though certification to drive is separate. Preorders are mounting for the $300,000 flying electric vehicle that just got FAA approval for test flights. "Most orders are from individuals, but there are several B2B agreements also," the company told Insider. The certificate has strict limits for the locations and purpose for which the car is permitted to fly, Alef told Insider.

Persons: it's, Alef Organizations: Aeronautics, Morning, Alef Aeronautics, Federal Aviation Administration, Alef Locations: Hong Kong

☆ Take a look at the $300,000 electric flying car with a 110-mile range in the air that just got FAA approval for test flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

Alef Aeronautics' electric flying car just won federal approval for test flightsAlef Aeronautics' Model A. Alef AeronauticsThe Californian automaker said last week that it had received a Special Airworthiness Certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for its Model A flying car, which it said marked the first time such a vehicle has received legal approval to fly from the US Government. Because the FAA is currently developing policies for electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) vehicles, the certificate limits the locations and purpose for which the car is permitted to fly. Alef said in a press release in October that it had been test-driving and -flying a full-size prototype since 2019. Mock-up images released by Alef show what the vehicle could be like.

Organizations: Aeronautics, Alef Aeronautics, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA, Alef

☆ A flying car prototype just got an airworthiness certificate from the FAA
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-03 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Alef Automotive said that its vehicle/aircraft, dubbed the “Model A,” is the first flying vehicle that is drivable on public roads and able to park like a normal car. The FAA confirmed that it has issued the company a special airworthiness certificate, allowing for limited purposes that include exhibition, research and development. The FAA said that Alef is “not the first aircraft of its kind” to get a special airworthiness certificate. Alef Aeronautics' flying Car unveiling on October 19, 2022. But Alef said that it needed the FAA’s special airworthiness certificate to continue conducting the necessary research and development.

Persons: Alef Aeronautics Inc “, ”, Jim Dukhovny, Constantine Kisly, Pavel Markin, Oleg Petrov, Dukhovny Organizations: New, New York CNN, Federal Aviation Administration, Automotive, FAA, Alef, Alef Aeronautics, Alef Aeronautics Inc, National, Traffic, Administration Locations: New York, California

☆ A $300,000 electric flying car just won approval for test flights
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-02 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A fully electric flying car that'll cost about $300,000 just won approval to start testing on the road – and in the air. The company aimed to produce the first flying car with both street driving and vertical take-off capabilities. Alef AeronauticsThe flying car is able to take off vertically or horizontally, and can carry up to two people. In December, Dukhovny told CNBC Make It that customers could expect to see their cars in the sky by 2025. Alef wasn't the only flying car and air taxi company to make a major regulatory breakthrough in recent days.

Persons: Jim Dukhovny, It's, Alef, Dukhovny Organizations: SpaceX, Alef Aeronautics, Alef, CNBC, Morning, Federal Aviation Administration, Joby Aviation, FAA

☆ Startup backed by Tesla investor promises $300,000 flying car by 2025: 'This is not more complicated than a Toyota Corolla'
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-04 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Alef Aeronautics wants to start delivering its $300,000 Model A flying car to customers by 2025. It's the timing: The company says it plans to begin delivering the vehicles to customers by the end of 2025. In a statement in October, Dukhovny referenced "road conditions, weather and infrastructure" as potential reasons to briefly take flight. But for a flying car to actually appear on highways anytime soon, a lot needs to happen, experts say. The FAA even reportedly gave another flying car concept, Samson Sky's Switchblade, the go-ahead for flight testing in July.

☆ Flying car by California startup Alef attracts early Tesla investor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Paul Lienert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 19 (Reuters) - The concept of a flying car is not new - inventors have been trying to add wings to wheeled motor vehicles for decades, with only limited success. Jim Dukhovny, founder of Alef Aeronautics, hopes to change that equation. One feature that sets the Model A apart from earlier versions of flying cars is how it flies. Most other recent attempts by competitors resemble giant drones - and are not capable of wheeled travel on the ground. Alef estimates a driving range of 200 miles (322 km) and a flight range of 100 miles.

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