{"id":166779,"date":"2023-07-02T15:22:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-02T20:22:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/the-first-flying-car-model-a-approved-by-the-faa-and-its-100-electric"},"modified":"2023-07-02T15:22:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-02T20:22:59","slug":"the-first-flying-car-model-a-approved-by-the-faa-and-its-100-electric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/the-first-flying-car-model-a-approved-by-the-faa-and-its-100-electric","title":{"rendered":"The first flying car, \u2018Model A,\u2019 approved by the FAA and it\u2019s 100% electric"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/the-first-flying-car-model-a-approved-by-the-faa-and-its-100-electric3.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The flying car is now available for preorder, the Santa Clara, California-based company posted on its website. Carrying one or two occupants, the vehicle will sell for about $300,000.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cModel A\u201d is 100% electric, drivable on public roads and has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities, the company wrote in its release.<\/p>\n<p>The car will be a Low Speed Vehicle, meaning it won\u2019t go faster than about 25 miles per hour on a paved surface. If a driver needs a faster route, they will be able to use the vehicle\u2019s flight capabilities, according to Alef.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Alef Aeronautics\u2019 \u2018Model A\u2019 has a driving range of 200 miles and a flight range of 110 miles. The company plans to start delivering cars by late 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The flying car is now available for preorder, the Santa Clara, California-based company posted on its website. Carrying one or two occupants, the vehicle will sell for about $300,000. The \u201cModel A\u201d is 100% electric, drivable on public roads and has vertical takeoff and landing capabilities, the company wrote in its release. The car will [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":542,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1491],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-166779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/542"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=166779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/166779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=166779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=166779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=166779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}